The Powerful Esssay: Crafting Personal Stories with Purpose with Melanie McGehee
Want to start or recommit to writing your story? This is the perfect place to begin.
Monday evening 7-8:30 pm est. Zoom. Sept 9, 16, 23, 30
WEEK ONE: STRUCTURE
Exploring current structures in essay writing. This is not the five-paragraph essay of your youth!
WEEK TWO: IMAGE
Building scenes the reader can live in. Using all the senses - there are more than five!
WEEK THREE: POINT OF VIEW AND TIME
We don’t always think (or write) chronologically! Transitional phrases to orient the reader.
WEEK FOUR: CHARACTER AND VOICE
Reliability. Likeability. And, a bit of dialogue.
Come with one idea of what you want to write about - or decide during week one. By the end of week four, you’ll leave with one essay ready to submit and three suggestions of where to send it. Participants will workshop together.
Want to start or recommit to writing your story? This is the perfect place to begin.
Monday evening 7-8:30 pm est. Zoom. Sept 9, 16, 23, 30
WEEK ONE: STRUCTURE
Exploring current structures in essay writing. This is not the five-paragraph essay of your youth!
WEEK TWO: IMAGE
Building scenes the reader can live in. Using all the senses - there are more than five!
WEEK THREE: POINT OF VIEW AND TIME
We don’t always think (or write) chronologically! Transitional phrases to orient the reader.
WEEK FOUR: CHARACTER AND VOICE
Reliability. Likeability. And, a bit of dialogue.
Come with one idea of what you want to write about - or decide during week one. By the end of week four, you’ll leave with one essay ready to submit and three suggestions of where to send it. Participants will workshop together.
Want to start or recommit to writing your story? This is the perfect place to begin.
Monday evening 7-8:30 pm est. Zoom. Sept 9, 16, 23, 30
WEEK ONE: STRUCTURE
Exploring current structures in essay writing. This is not the five-paragraph essay of your youth!
WEEK TWO: IMAGE
Building scenes the reader can live in. Using all the senses - there are more than five!
WEEK THREE: POINT OF VIEW AND TIME
We don’t always think (or write) chronologically! Transitional phrases to orient the reader.
WEEK FOUR: CHARACTER AND VOICE
Reliability. Likeability. And, a bit of dialogue.
Come with one idea of what you want to write about - or decide during week one. By the end of week four, you’ll leave with one essay ready to submit and three suggestions of where to send it. Participants will workshop together.
Monday evening 7-8:30 pm est. Zoom. Sept 9, 16, 23, 30
WEEK ONE: STRUCTURE
Exploring current structures in essay writing. This is not the five-paragraph essay of your youth!
WEEK TWO: IMAGE
Building scenes the reader can live in. Using all the senses - there are more than five!
WEEK THREE: POINT OF VIEW AND TIME
We don’t always think (or write) chronologically! Transitional phrases to orient the reader.
WEEK FOUR: CHARACTER AND VOICE
Reliability. Likeability. And, a bit of dialogue.
Come with one idea of what you want to write about - or decide during week one. By the end of week four, you’ll leave with one essay ready to submit and three suggestions of where to send it. Participants will workshop together.