Want to rekindle the fire of your imagination as you start or restart
a project? In this class, we absolutely will not talk about
‘stealing time,’ writing schedules, writing on a daily basis,
creating a physical space for writing, word counts, or creating
outlines. Every time the word ‘discipline’ is spoken, the group
will loudly boo, bang pots and pans, or stomp their feet in emphatic
opposition. What we will discuss here is inspiration and imagination.
We’ll investigate what it means to start or re-start a book project,
connecting with the root of our desire to write, to create, to speak,
to share. We’ll interrogate the internal/external obstacles that
keep us from the work we long to do. We’ll question everything
we’ve ever thought writing or writers have to be. This workshop will
focus on sharpening our hunger to write—day after day, week after
week, month after month. TAKE THIS CLASS IF You're writing a novel,
memoir, or short stories. You tend to lose steam after working on the
project for a while. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR ire’ne lara silva is the
author of three poetry collections: furia, Blood Sugar Canto,
andCUICACALLI/House of Song; an e-chapbook, Enduring Azucares; as well
as a short story collection, flesh to bone, which won the Premio
Aztlán. She and poet Dan Vera are also the co-editors ofImaniman:
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands, a collection of poetry
and essays. ire’ne is the recipient of a 2017 NALAC Fund for the
Arts Grant, the final recipient of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral
Award, the Fiction Finalist for AROHO’s 2013 Gift of Freedom Award,
and the 2008 recipient of the Gloria Anzaldúa Milagro Award. ire'ne
is currently working on her first novel, Naci.
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