Fresh-Cut Lit & More
BETH KEPHART
Workshop Faculty
BETH KEPHART'S CLASSES
Are we ever really objective when we write ourselves onto the page? Are we in complete control of our image? What happens when we approach ourselves with ironic distance or guilt or self-forgiveness? When we announce ourselves to be a liar? When we own up to having more questions than answers? When we change perspectives? Exercises will advance the art of self-portraiture on the page.
In this master class, we’ll look to the work of Claire Keegan, Elizabeth Hardwick, and James McBride—isolating key details, taking note as those details evolve across pages, and discussing the additive impact. Generative prompts will be offered, as will opportunities to collectively edit oversaturated prose that will be created expressly for this purpose. This workshop is for writers at all stages, working in all genres.
In this two-hour, prompt-rich workshop, we’ll be thinking about how to make the most of our obsessions in our writing practice and in our storylines. We’ll transform lists into metaphors and thru-lines. We’ll launch sentences. We’ll leave the session with a better understanding of what sparks us as we write, how our own sparks can become the stuff that galvanizes readers, and some brand-new passages.
