BECOME A BETTER WRITER in 10 WEEKS

Hi Writers & Writer-Hopefuls!

I am proud and excited to announce that I am about to teach my online poetry course, Poems That Don’t Suck, for the third semester this year. 

I am inviting you to this event because I think that you or someone you may know would be interested in taking the 10 week writing intensive course. Please share the event and invite anyone who you think would benefit from this course!

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ABOUT THE COURSE: “POEMS THAT DON’T SUCK” is an online writing intensive course designed to dispel the myth of writer’s block, develop a healthy writing and reading process, and push students to write bolder, braver, more honest poetry. 

Each week students will receive a comprehensive lecture on avoiding the suck for a different topic of poetry. Lectures will include diverse and exciting poems from a variety of authors (including Richard Siken, Jan Beatty, Angel Nafis, Matthew Olzmann, Patricia Smith, Dorianne Laux and more!), numerous challenging and generative writing prompts, style-based challenges for brain-acrobatics, as well as in-depth feedback from the instructor and classmates. The course will focus on writing poems that have equal power on the page as they do when read aloud, then conclude with publishing. The best part—it doesn’t matter what state, country, or time zone you are in—as long as you have computer access and the mad desire to be a better writer—you can take this class!


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ABOUT THE CREATOR:
Megan Falley is a full-time writer, performer, and teaching artist living in Brooklyn, NY. She is a two-time winner of the Write Bloody open book contest, who published her first collection of poetry After the Witch Hunt in 2012. Her forthcoming collection, Redhead & the Slaughter King is slated for publication in Spring of 2014. Falley has been featured as poetry talent on TV One’s Verses & Flow, a television show filmed in Los Angeles available in over 38 million households dedicated to showcasing the best in hip hop and spoken word. She has represented New York on both Adult and College Slam Teams. In 2012 she toured the country alone in her car for 100 consecutive days, delivering electric readings and inspiring workshops across the states. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rattling Wall, Muzzle, PANK, Vinyl, The Nervous Breakdown and more.


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TESTIMONIALS:

"Megan Falley, teacher of the online poetry course Poems That Don’t Suck, is a thorough, engaging, and supportive poetry instructor. In ten short weeks, I’ve increased the time that I spend reading, writing, editing, and thinking about poetry. I’m more confident in my abilities as a poet, inspired to keep growing and learning, and dedicated to the hard work poetry requires. If you are serious about pushing yourself and your poetry to the brilliant edges of possibility, start here, you won’t regret a moment." –Jenith Charpentier


"Poems That Don’t Suck helped me drag all the suck from my writing and kick it in the ass. I was pushed as a writer and performer and improved in both areas. Megan knows what it takes to write the poems we need to write and shows us with compassion and drive." - Brennan Bestwick

“This [class] is the best writing advice I have received to date, including two college creative writing courses” – Bernadette Calderone



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LOGISTICS:

Dates: The 10 Week Course will begin November 25th. Lectures and prompts will be posted Monday. Students will post their poems and reactions to the readings by Friday. Peer edits and teacher edits will be due Sunday.

You will need: A computer, internet access, a notebook, and a camera or webcam to fulfill the video/performance element of the class, and enough free-time to devote to the course.

Payment: Payment of $175 is required for the 10 week course. PayPal is the preferred method of payment. Contracted installments can be made as well. Please e-mail if you have any questions regarding payment.

Expectations: You will be required to write and post one poem per week, to read at least three books of poetry throughout the course, to engage in discussion, and to edit/receive critique from your classmates. You will be held accountable to creating and maintaining a safer space inside the virtual classroom.


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TO APPLY:

-Send an E-mail to meganfalley@gmail.com with the subject line POEMS THAT DON’T SUCK: APPLICATION.

-In your e-mail, answer the following questions: 

1) Name (as you like to be called, and preferred gender pronoun if you wish to include it)

2) Reason for wanting to take the course.

3) A link or paste to the TEXT of your favorite poem of all time (by another author)

4) A copy of the most well-written poem you have created to date.

- Send this ASAP, the deadline is November 15th. Not all applicants will be accepted. The course will cap off at 18 students and will be placed on a first-come-first-serve basis.


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