Class Description
Class Description:
Emily Dickinson wrote to tell the truth but tell it “slant”—a great piece of advice for writers who want to turn real events into compelling fiction. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we fictionalize our lives all the time. We “tell it slant” by delivering byte-sized answers to the question “How was your day?”; by publishing digestible, edited-for-brevity status updates and Photoshopped pictures on social media. Turning actual events into a written piece of fiction involves a similar process, which we’ll learn about and apply in this generator. We’ll look at the work of writers like Patricia Lockwood, Issa Rae, and Alexander Chee, we'll write to prompts designed to infuse true stories with imagination, and we'll develop methods for coaxing honest truths from artful lies.
Takeaways:
Students will leave with at least two fictionalized “episodes” from their life stories.
**This day's program will also offer an optional 4pm information session on Tips for Applying to the 2019 Teen Summer Fellowship.** (Any teen can drop by for this half-hour info session, even if you're not attending YAWP Saturday classes.)
Who Should Register?
For high school writers age 13 - 18 ONLY. Writing notebooks will be available, but feel free to bring your own.
*If you are registering on behalf of your teen, add their email information in the “For a Friend or Child?” field on the right-hand side of the screen before you check out. This will send them a direct link and reminder to create their own profile with GrubStreet.
(After adding the class to your cart, click "Checkout" and click “Add” next to “For a Friend or Child?” on the right-hand side to fill in their email. This is an easy way of linking the class to your child and encourages them to create their own account.)
Parents/guardians must also complete this permission form online if your teen is under 18. **Note: unlike previous forms, you only need to fill this out ONE TIME, not for every class. If you cannot remember whether you have already filled it out, please email [email protected] and we will check for you!
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.