Brooklyn Pen Collaborative Presents:“Bringing up the Bodies”One-Day Creative Writing IntensiveWith award-winning, best-selling novelists: Donna Hill and Bernice L. McFaddenDo you have a story you want to tell, but unsure where to begin? Do you lack inspiration and direction in your creative writing practice?
Here you will be guided through the excavation and exploration of those elusive story ideas, characters, narratives and plots.
The idea is to see with a writer’s eyes while experimenting with different forms.
Creative writing is one of the most gratifying ways to express yourself.
Spend a full day with authors Bernice L. McFadden and Donna Hill in an intimate writing session that is designed to awaken the inner writer, sharpen techniques and move you from plot to print.
This workshop is guaranteed to help you find your writing voice, build confidence, free you from the uncertainty and remind you of why you crave to write.
Date: Saturday, July 16th Cost: $175.00 (includes lunch and handouts)Time: 10 am - 5 pmLocation: Brooklyn, NY (actual location only provided to paid students)
Participants limited to 10 students. Register Early!
For additional information please email: brooklynpencollaborative@gmail.com
About your instructors:
Bernice L. McFadden is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels including
Sugar,
Loving Donovan
,
Nowhere Is a Place
,
The Warmest December
,
Gathering of Waters
(a
New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012), and
Glorious
, which was featured in
O, The Oprah Magazine and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. She is a three-time Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist, as well as the recipient of three awards from the BCALA. McFadden lives in Brooklyn, New York.
The Book of Harlan
is her latest novel.
Donna Hill**This workshop does not include workshopping of pre-existing writing projects, but students write and receive feedback on in-class writing exercises.**
Bernice L. McFadden
Thanks!