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Writing Children for Adults
What does it take to write about younger characters convincingly—for an adult audience, specifically? This workshop will explore strategies for capturing the qualities of youthful observation and experience, while rendering younger characters as complex, surprising, and fallible as their adult counterparts. Open to writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, and cross-genre work. Writers of YA fiction are welcome to attend, though the focus will be on writing for an adult audience.
Due to COVID-19, all classes will take place online until further notice. If there's a possibility that your class might take place in person, you will be notified in advance. Even if classes can be held in person, there will always be a hybrid option to participate via Zoom.
Classes with "Zoom" in the title will be held via Zoom even after our doors open. Classes listed as "Online" will be held on Wet Ink, our platform for asynchronous learning.
All times are listed in Pacific Time.
Instructor: Sara Jaffe
Class Type: 1 Session
Featured Writers, FictionStart Date: 11/05/2017
Days of the Week: Sunday
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Minimum Class Size: 5
Maximum Class Size: 15
$108.00
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Sara Jaffe
Sara Jaffe is a fiction writer living in Portland, OR. Her first novel, Dryland, was published by Tin House Books in September 2015. Her short fiction and criticism have appeared in publications including Fence, BOMB, NOON, Paul Revere’s Horse, matchbook, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She co-edited The Art of Touring (Yeti, 2009), an anthology of writing and visual art by musicians drawing on her experience as guitarist for post-punk band Erase Errata.
Sara holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has received fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, RADAR Productions, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council. She is also co-founding editor of New Herring Press, a publisher of prose chapbooks.