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Writing Workshop #37: Antiheroes

Published March 25, 2021

Writing Workshop #36: Veering

Published March 19, 2021

Writing Workshop #35: Emerging From

by Jane Levi

Published March 15, 2021

An update from our thirty-fifth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 6, plus some of the output published below This week William talked about the different ways of looking at...

Writing Workshop #34: Magical Realism

by Jane Levi

Published March 5, 2021

Writing Workshop #33: Larger Than Life Characters

by Jane Levi

Published February 16, 2021

An update from our thirty-third Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday February 13, plus some of the output published below This week we talked about larger than life characters, and the...

Writing Workshop #32: Intro to Invented Words & Artlang

by Jane Levi

Published February 12, 2021

Writing Workshop #31: Chance Operations for Fun, Challenge, and a Different Kind of Expression

by Jane Levi

Published January 28, 2021

Writing Workshop #30: the Literary Vignette

by Jane Levi

Published December 17, 2020

Writing Workshop #29: Rhythm, Phrasing, Cadence, & Narrative Arc

by Jane Levi

Published December 3, 2020

Writing Workshop #28: Word Choice

by Jane Levi

Published November 18, 2020

An update from our twenty-eighth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday November 14, plus some of the output published below This week we focused on word choice as a way for...

Writing Workshop #37: Antiheroes

Post Published March 25, 2021 by

An update from our thirty-seventh Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 20, plus some of the output published below This week Stone Soup Contributor Madeline Kline, 13, led a workshop on antiheroes in which she taught us that antiheroes are captivating because of the relatability of their flaws.

Writing Workshop #36: Veering

Post Published March 19, 2021 by

An update from our thirty-sixth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 13, plus some of the output published below "Nowhere is the haphazard and disruptive strangeness of veering perhaps more evident than in the space of literature. Veering involves all sorts of turns, funny and dark and revisionary. Indeed... in a sense veering is what literature is.

Writing Workshop #35: Emerging From

Post Published March 15, 2021 by Jane Levi

Writing Workshop #34: Magical Realism

Post Published March 5, 2021 by Jane Levi

An update from our thirty-fourth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday February 20, plus some of the output published below This week with Jane we talked about magic or magical realism: stories in which a little magic is introduced into everyday life, often as a metaphor for something important to the life of the main character(s).

Writing Workshop #33: Larger Than Life Characters

Post Published February 16, 2021 by Jane Levi

Writing Workshop #32: Intro to Invented Words & Artlang

Post Published February 12, 2021 by Jane Levi

An update from our thirty-second Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday February 6, plus some of the output published below This week we talked about language: non-English language. Participants shared the various languages they know, and we went on to explore some invented languages used in fiction, such as J.R.R Tolkein's Elfin and Klingon, used in Star Trek.

Writing Workshop #31: Chance Operations for Fun, Challenge, and a Different Kind of Expression

Post Published January 28, 2021 by Jane Levi

An update from our thirty-first Writing Workshop (and the first of 2021)! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday January 23, plus some of the output published below To start our first season of classes in 2021, William focused on the idea of chance: the idea–or even the fact–that life and art is filled with twists and turns, and we don't know the whole story until it's over.

Writing Workshop #30: the Literary Vignette

Post Published December 17, 2020 by Jane Levi

An update from our thirtieth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday December 12, plus some of the output published below This week William presented on the idea of the vignette: a focused piece of writing, often in the midst of another longer, piece, but that is somewhat outside time or narrative.

Writing Workshop #29: Rhythm, Phrasing, Cadence, & Narrative Arc

Post Published December 3, 2020 by Jane Levi

An update from our twenty-ninth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday November 21, plus some of the output published below This week William returned to talk about rhythm, phrasing and cadence in writing, with a focus on the impact of short sentences, and the relationships between music, painting, and writing.

Writing Workshop #28: Word Choice

Post Published November 18, 2020 by Jane Levi

An update from our twenty-eighth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday November 14, plus some of the output published below This week we focused on word choice as a way for writers to be sure they have conveyed their meaning as they meant to, and so that their readers will understand it.

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