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Writing Hard Things
Thursday, May 30, 4-5pm ET (Virtual)
This free, one-hour, virtual workshop will introduce approaches to writing about challenging topics with candor and sensitivity so that readers feel seen, not sensationalized. We will cover strategies and techniques for writing hard things while taking a trauma-informed approach to creative writing.
This is a virtual event that will take place on Zoom, hosted by Blue Stoop.
Writing Hard Things:
Approaching Difficult Topics with Sensitivity and Candor
6 weeks, June 5 - July 16, Virtual
Using the principles of trauma-informed practice, this six-week class will explore approaches to writing about challenging topics – such as abuse, assault, suicide, mental illness, and other sensitive issues – in ways that make the work honest, affirming, and safe for readers to feel seen rather than sensationalized.
This class will offer a weekly two-hour Zoom meeting from 7-9pm EDT. The zoom meeting day of the week will be either a Monday or a Tuesday, to be determined in conversation with those who register. Zoom meetings will begin either June 10 or 11, 2024, based on the day of week chosen by the class. Zoom sessions will be recorded and class materials will also be shared in the classroom platform Wet Ink.
Writers of any type would benefit from this class, especially if they are interested in or practicing writing about traumatic experiences or sensitive topics. Even if trauma is not a central component to a writer's work, many would benefit from better understanding the impact that even "ancillary" trauma (something in a character's or subject's background or something that is part of a sub plot) could have on readers. The class is appropriate for writers of all genres, but the material will be largely focused on creative writers, with an emphasis on fiction and poetry.
The class is offered through the Transformative Language Arts Network.