Writing Fiction Through Reading Poetry: 6-Week Generative Zoom Class, Starts Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

Class Starts Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 Class will meet weekly via Zoom (Wednesdays, 8:00PM EST - 10:00PM EST). Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us. Led by Elwin Cotman, author of the upcoming collection Weird Black Girls (2024, Scribner), and the novel The Age of Ignorance (Scribner, 2025). Read an Interview with Elwin on Blurring the Lines between fiction and poetry. In this class, students will work on improving their language skills through reading modern poets. They will apply these ideas through prompts and leave this generative class with 5-6 potential new stories. Out of all aspects of narrative, the one that continuously evolves is language. How a writer employs words and syntax forms the core of their personal literary style. It is easy for writers to fall into patterns with the way they use language. When that happens, writing can become a frustrating exercise. However, a continuous diet of poetry can keep a writer thinking abou