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Foundations in Form: Prose Writing

A creative prose writing workshop led by an MFA program director

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Foundations in Form: Prose Writing

WHEN 8 weeks, Tuesdays, September 9 - November 11, 6:45-9:45 pm

WHERE New York (Downtown)

LEVEL Intermediate/advanced

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PRICE
$499 ($475 for )
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Course Details

This class will employ forms found in prose and poetry to enhance skill. Writers will practice finding the pleasure of practice, gaining skill in composing at will and on command, ignoring the walls that many academics have placed between genres -- fiction, non-fiction, poetry -- seeking instead to restore the way in which they inform each other. Here form invents a place where writers come to rest, concentrate their practice, and discover language's musical possibility. Here practice becomes generative, each exercise generating more skill.

This course is suitable to the fledgling writer and the working journalist seeking to explore creative literary alternatives. Weekly exercises are utilized and expected.

Admission Requirements:
Please send a letter of interest (including a brief work history) and a writing sample (less than 2,000 words).

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Jackson Taylor
Jackson Taylor is most proud to have helped launch The New School's Graduate Writing Program where he is the Associate Director. He holds a BA from Columbia and an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. For three years he worked at The New York Times as a floater in many departments including The Week in Review, Culture, Arts and Leisure, the UN bureau, and the National and Metro desks. For more than fifteen years he has been the Director of The Prison Writing Program at PEN American Center. He has written film, theater and restaurant reviews for Downtown Express and Time Out NY. His short fiction has appeared in small "zine" publications many of which have four-letter titles i.e.; Spit, Pink, Moss and Punk. He recently completed his first novel and is at work on a second.

Testimonials


It was a really great class. The participants were all smart and enthusiastic about writing. Jackson Taylor has talent! The best writing teacher I have had since college... I loved his seminar! -- Wanda Castillo

"Before Jackson, my writing was flat and had no direction, but now thanks to him I nearly have a completed manuscript! I highly recommend his workshop." -- Sadeqa Johnson, Novelist

"Jackson provided the type of feedback, suggestions, and positive reinforcements that supported my growth as a writer. His suggestions for techniques that I can practice, as well as referrals to other resources on writing, are invaluable." --Suzanne Reisman

"Jackson is an expert in dissecting the art of writing. If you want to heighten your skill in your craft, he is definitely an instructor to seek out." --Lande Yoosuf

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