Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor

The award-winning author Lynda Barry believes that anyone can be a writer and has set out to prove it. For the past decade, Barry has run a highly popular writing workshop for nonwriters called Writing the Unthinkable. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor is the first book to make her innovative lesson plans and writing exercises available to the public for home or classroom use. Barry teaches a method of writing that focuses on the relationship between the hand, the brain, and spontaneous images, both written and visual. Throughout it all, Barry's voice (as an author and as a teacher-mentor) rings clear, inspiring, and honest.