Dynamic Dialogue
with Susan Meyers
Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay
Online
Online Open to all levels
Open to all levels 1 Session
1 Session Do you want to liven up your dialogue? It might surprise you that the most important things aren't necessarily what's said, but rather what's not. This class introduces you to the art of subtext: those implied messages that give invisible life to the things we say. Through writing exercises and sample stories by authors such as Louise Erdrich, Roxane Gay, Daniel Alarcón, and Karen Russell, you'll learn to master the most essential element of dynamic dialogue: what's left unsaid.
Registration dates:
March 13: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)
March 14: Member registration opens
March 21: General registration opens
Susan Meyers
With 25+ years of experience coaching authors and teaching at four top-ranked universities, Susan V. Meyers currently directs the Creative Writing Program at Seattle University. She holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota and a PhD from the University of Arizona, and has been a writer in residence at more than a dozen different arts centers nationally and internationally. Both her nonfiction book on immigration and her circus-centered historical novel, Failing the Trapeze, have won major awards, including the Nilsen Award and grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Her essays and stories have likewise been nominated for The Best American Series and several Pushcart Prizes and have recently appeared in Creative Nonfiction, The Rumpus, Calyx, Hippocampus, and The Minnesota Review. You can find her at susanvmeyers.com
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