2010
June 2010
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Tue 8 Jun to Sat 10 Jul. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, 90049. 310-440-4500. Skirball Cultural Center - [email][events]
Tuesdays, June 8–July 13, 7:00–10:00 p.m., plus Saturdays, June 26 and July 10 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (8 sessions) To register for this course, contact Otis College of Art and Design directly at (310) 665-6950. In this dynamic writing workshop offered in partnership with Otis College of Art and Design, students will uncover material for an autobiographical memoir or work of fiction from personal life experiences. The course urges students to move between the worlds of fiction and nonfiction to find their stories and voices.
Through readings and workshop discussions, students will learn to mine their personal histories for subject matter and transform this raw material into a story. Students are taught the craft of writing, including how to invent and reinvent from memory, maintain perspective, render characters, construct dialogue, employ sensory detail and other strategies of description, and deal with issues of truth and integrity. Finished works may be a personal essay, a short story, a novella, or chapters of a memoir or novel.
Instructor: Martha Fuller has an MA in English literature from Claremont Graduate School and earned her MFA in creative photography from California State University, Fullerton. Fuller is an exhibiting fine artist specializing in photography and artists' books. She has taught numerous courses in these subjects.
Class limited to 16 students
XWRT6408
Reg#25251: $385 Noncredit
Reg#25252: $419 Certificate Credit
Reg#25253: $1022 College Credit (1.0)