Classes & Workshops

"Just Who's Telling This Story, Anyway? "
Four-hour workshop
Richard Hugo House
Capitol Hill, Seattle
1:00 to 5:00 pm
Saturday, November 13, 2010
“In nonfiction, the narrator is the only thing you can make up,” my first writing teacher told me. Just who is that slim, upright pronoun poised on the page? And who isn’t s/he? We will delve into examples of first-person narrators from master nonfiction writers – discussing the differences among the person on the page, the storyteller, and the real-life author. Then we’ll explore ourselves on the page. If you are writing first-person nonfiction, this workshop will give you powerful tools for taming that three-headed monster: the author, the narrator, and the “I-character.”
Beginning August 2010, register at the Richard Hugo House website.

In Fall 2010 I'll teach a half-day class in Seattle on time-management strategies. In February-March 2011 I will teach in the third year of Artist Trust's Literary EDGE, professional development training for Washington State writers.