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All Levels | Ever wept over a book? Grinned at a happy ending? If so, you’ve felt the power of a well-crafted emotional scene—and you know that making a reader feel something is more complicated than simply writing, “It was sad.” This class will engage with work by prose writers across genre lines, such as Baldwin, Lui, and Rowling. We’ll examine what elements of craft go into successful emotional scenework—and then we’ll implement these elements and learn to bring about a true sympathetic response in our readers. You’ll leave with a toolbox of tricks, ready to charge your own prose with emotional electricity.
Beginning Fall 2021, we will be adding select in-person classes back to our course catalog. The majority of our classes will still be offered via Zoom.
If a class says IN-PERSON in its title, it will take place in person at our permanent home in Seattle.
If a class says ASYNCHRONOUS in its title, it will take place on Wet Ink, our asynchronous learning platform.
If a class does not have a marker after its title, it will take place via Zoom.
Class Type: 1 Session
Featured Writers, Fiction, NonfictionStart Date: 07/14/2019
Days of the Week: Sunday
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm PDT
Minimum Class Size: 5
Maximum Class Size: 20
$135.00
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Emma Törzs is based in Minneapolis. She is the recipient of a 2015 O. Henry award, and her stories have appeared in journals such as Ploughshares, the Threepenny Review, Narrative, the Cincinnati Review, and Salt Hill, among others.