The Art of Writing the Other® - Weekend Intensive 2016
This is a new version of our class condensed into a shorter time frame (2.5 days) that also costs less. Please read all the info below!
When: January 1 - 3 (detailed schedule below) Where: ONLINE via Google Hangout Price: $250 + service fee To Register: Visit Brown Paper Tickets (Registration opens December 5th)
Writers know that it’s important to write about characters whose gender, sexual orientation, religion, racial heritage, or other aspect of identity differs from their own. But many are afraid to do so for fear that they will get it wrong–horribly, offensively wrong–and think it is better not even to try.
In truth, it is possible to write the Other sensitively and convincingly, and this workshop can start you on the path to doing just that.
Authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford will combine lectures, discussions, and writing exercises in a safe, supportive atmosphere.
The material covered in this course is similar to our previous 6 week classes, just heavily concentrated. This class is for writers who cannot commit to regular meetings over several weeks but can devote one weekend.
The class will cover:
Stereotypes and Tropes related to
Race and Ethnicity
Disability
Gender and Sexuality
Religion
Class
and more
Strategies for creating characters and building worlds while avoiding stereotypes and cultural appropriation
Language and Description
Dialogue and Dialect
How To Research The Other
PLEASE NOTE: Unlike our 6 week courses, this class does not include a workshop component.
The class is appropriate for all writers (fiction, plays, comics, screenplays, and games included) from all backgrounds and any skill level.
Click here to go to the Registration page. Registration opens on December 5th. If you want a reminder when that happens or a heads up when we do our next class, please join our announcement mailing list.
Weekend Intensive Schedule (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
Because this is a holiday weekend, the schedule depends on student availability. If all students have January 1st free, we’ll begin in the early afternoon and the class will end in the early evening Sunday.
If students aren’t free until after work, class will begin at 7 or 8PM Eastern time and end around 10PM Eastern on Sunday.
No matter what the start time, this class will take up the entire weekend, so please be prepared to set aside those days. Each day will have built-in breaks for food and other needs.
This is the schedule if we start after work on Friday. If we start earlier, everything shifts.
Friday, January 1 7 - 9PM Lecture, Exercise, Homework
(NOTE: If we have students in the Pacific time zone we may be able to shift this later)
Saturday, January 2 10AM Homework Due
11AM - 1PM Lecture, Exercise
1:30PM Break
3PM - 5PM Lecture, Exercise
5:30pm Break
7PM - 9PM Lecture, Exercise, Homework
Sunday, January 3 10AM Homework Due
11AM - 1PM Lecture, Exercise
1:30PM Break
3PM - 5PM Lecture, Exercise
5:30pm Break
7PM - 8PM Discussion
Final Q&A with Nisi Shawl
Class ends at 10PM
The class is capped at 8 students
Please see this link for Class Requirements, refund policy, instructor bios, and other important information. Enrollment begins on December 1, 9AM eastern.
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