Experimental Fiction: A Generative Writing Workshop -- Summer Intensive [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $400 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out. Scholarship information is available below.
Instructors: Christa Westaway and Lindsey Andrews | Daily | June 15-21 | In-Person, Durham, NC
Where do stories come from? How can a storyteller create an entire world from a feeling, a question, or an image? In this one-week workshop, we’ll draw on our own experiences and use experimental techniques to transform them into fiction. We’ll try out language games and cut-ups, get inspired by tarot and dreams, and eavesdrop on and scrutinize the world around us in order to draft vignettes and flash fiction stories. During class time, we’ll read a variety of very short fiction to ask what counts as a story while trying out genres from realism to surrealism to science fiction. Craft lessons will address character- and world-building, incorporating research, and writing evocative description and dialogue. By the end of the week, you’ll have a fully revised short book of your own fiction. You’ll build a rigorous writing practice, flow through drafting, workshopping, and revising, and engage a dedicated collective of readers to manifest your own stories.
Participants are asked to read Leonora Carrington’s short story, “The Debutante” from The Oval Lady in advance. No other reading/preparation is required outside of listed meeting times. Optional readings will be provided.
SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 15: 2:00-5:00 PM, workshop meeting
Monday June 16-Wednesday June 18: 7:00-9:00 PM, workshop meeting
Thursday June 19: 7:00-9:00 PM, self-directed writing/revision time (off site)
Friday June 20: 7:00-9:00 PM, workshop meeting
Saturday June 21: 3:00-5:00 PM, class reading / presentation
Monday-Friday: optional one-hour lunchtime zoom accountability log-in and writing time
**Please plan to attend Sunday, Monday evening, Wednesday evening, and Saturday sessions in-person. You are encouraged to also attend Tuesday and Friday in-person, but a zoom option may be available for those two days if needed.
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This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are able to offer two half scholarships (tuition payment: $125) and two full scholarships (site fees only: $25) for this workshop. Please email nightschoolbar@gmail.com with the subject line “Experimental Fiction Scholarship Request” and include your name, the scholarship level you are requesting (half or full), and a few sentences about your interest in and goals for the class. Due to anticipated interest, we are not offering these scholarships on a first-come-first-serve basis, but instead are offering them by request if possible. Responses may take 2-3 weeks. The option will be removed from the website once all scholarships have been offered. You do not need to explain why you need a scholarship; we trust that if you are asking for one, you need one!
**This course is in-person only. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $400 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out. Scholarship information is available below.
Instructors: Christa Westaway and Lindsey Andrews | Daily | June 15-21 | In-Person, Durham, NC
Where do stories come from? How can a storyteller create an entire world from a feeling, a question, or an image? In this one-week workshop, we’ll draw on our own experiences and use experimental techniques to transform them into fiction. We’ll try out language games and cut-ups, get inspired by tarot and dreams, and eavesdrop on and scrutinize the world around us in order to draft vignettes and flash fiction stories. During class time, we’ll read a variety of very short fiction to ask what counts as a story while trying out genres from realism to surrealism to science fiction. Craft lessons will address character- and world-building, incorporating research, and writing evocative description and dialogue. By the end of the week, you’ll have a fully revised short book of your own fiction. You’ll build a rigorous writing practice, flow through drafting, workshopping, and revising, and engage a dedicated collective of readers to manifest your own stories.
Participants are asked to read Leonora Carrington’s short story, “The Debutante” from The Oval Lady in advance. No other reading/preparation is required outside of listed meeting times. Optional readings will be provided.
SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 15: 2:00-5:00 PM, workshop meeting
Monday June 16-Wednesday June 18: 7:00-9:00 PM, workshop meeting
Thursday June 19: 7:00-9:00 PM, self-directed writing/revision time (off site)
Friday June 20: 7:00-9:00 PM, workshop meeting
Saturday June 21: 3:00-5:00 PM, class reading / presentation
Monday-Friday: optional one-hour lunchtime zoom accountability log-in and writing time
**Please plan to attend Sunday, Monday evening, Wednesday evening, and Saturday sessions in-person. You are encouraged to also attend Tuesday and Friday in-person, but a zoom option may be available for those two days if needed.
—
This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are able to offer two half scholarships (tuition payment: $125) and two full scholarships (site fees only: $25) for this workshop. Please email nightschoolbar@gmail.com with the subject line “Experimental Fiction Scholarship Request” and include your name, the scholarship level you are requesting (half or full), and a few sentences about your interest in and goals for the class. Due to anticipated interest, we are not offering these scholarships on a first-come-first-serve basis, but instead are offering them by request if possible. Responses may take 2-3 weeks. The option will be removed from the website once all scholarships have been offered. You do not need to explain why you need a scholarship; we trust that if you are asking for one, you need one!
**This course is in-person only. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $400 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out. Scholarship information is available below.
Instructors: Christa Westaway and Lindsey Andrews | Daily | June 15-21 | In-Person, Durham, NC
Where do stories come from? How can a storyteller create an entire world from a feeling, a question, or an image? In this one-week workshop, we’ll draw on our own experiences and use experimental techniques to transform them into fiction. We’ll try out language games and cut-ups, get inspired by tarot and dreams, and eavesdrop on and scrutinize the world around us in order to draft vignettes and flash fiction stories. During class time, we’ll read a variety of very short fiction to ask what counts as a story while trying out genres from realism to surrealism to science fiction. Craft lessons will address character- and world-building, incorporating research, and writing evocative description and dialogue. By the end of the week, you’ll have a fully revised short book of your own fiction. You’ll build a rigorous writing practice, flow through drafting, workshopping, and revising, and engage a dedicated collective of readers to manifest your own stories.
Participants are asked to read Leonora Carrington’s short story, “The Debutante” from The Oval Lady in advance. No other reading/preparation is required outside of listed meeting times. Optional readings will be provided.
SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 15: 2:00-5:00 PM, workshop meeting
Monday June 16-Wednesday June 18: 7:00-9:00 PM, workshop meeting
Thursday June 19: 7:00-9:00 PM, self-directed writing/revision time (off site)
Friday June 20: 7:00-9:00 PM, workshop meeting
Saturday June 21: 3:00-5:00 PM, class reading / presentation
Monday-Friday: optional one-hour lunchtime zoom accountability log-in and writing time
**Please plan to attend Sunday, Monday evening, Wednesday evening, and Saturday sessions in-person. You are encouraged to also attend Tuesday and Friday in-person, but a zoom option may be available for those two days if needed.
—
This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are able to offer two half scholarships (tuition payment: $125) and two full scholarships (site fees only: $25) for this workshop. Please email nightschoolbar@gmail.com with the subject line “Experimental Fiction Scholarship Request” and include your name, the scholarship level you are requesting (half or full), and a few sentences about your interest in and goals for the class. Due to anticipated interest, we are not offering these scholarships on a first-come-first-serve basis, but instead are offering them by request if possible. Responses may take 2-3 weeks. The option will be removed from the website once all scholarships have been offered. You do not need to explain why you need a scholarship; we trust that if you are asking for one, you need one!