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SUMMARY:Faber Academy: Writing Day with Richard Scott
DESCRIPTION:Join Faber Academy tutor Richard Scott for this workshop in which you’ll consider our poetic ancestors and how they might inspire – through intertextuality\, idea and form – our writing now. \nAs well as generative writing prompts\, you’ll also discuss poems by the likes of Allen Ginsberg\, Will Harris\, Wanda Coleman and torrin a. greathouse as you summon what Seamus Heaney referred to as the ‘compound ghost’ of inspiration\, influence and intertextuality. \nThis course is for poets of all experience levels and backgrounds\, who want to explore new themes in a lively environment. This day will be focused on unearthing new techniques for your writing and on generating new poems. \nSchedule\nThis course takes place over a full Saturday\, at The Common Room in Newcastle city centre. \n10.00–13.00\n‘A Freak of\nLetters’\nThe morning will be spent summoning our own chosen poetic ancestors using intertextuality as a formal device. We’ll be looking at masks\, poetic ghosts and how language itself might be haunted. We’ll be guided by Allen Ginsberg\, Will Harris\, Sarah Howe and some Tarot. \nThere’ll be multiple writing exercises to push your practise and plenty of time for questions as we become in the words of Lucie Brock-Broido\, ‘a freak of letters crossing down a rare / Path bleak with poplars’. \n13.00–14.00\nLunch break \n14.00–16.00\nBurnings\nThe afternoon will be spent looking at how intertextuality and hauntings might appear in a poet’s formal choices. We’ll be guided by the tarot in our own writings as we investigate the Haibun\, the Burning Haibun and the American sonnet as we queer our own poetic forms. We’ll be guided by James Merrill\, Wanda Coleman\, Terrance Hayes and torrin a. greathouse in our quest to set things on fire\, poetically. \nAnd there’ll be more writing exercises and further time to discuss these new poetic ideas.
URL:https://thecommonroom.org.uk/event/faber-academy-writing-day-with-richard-scott/
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SUMMARY:Faber Academy: An Introduction to Writing a Novel [SOLD OUT]
DESCRIPTION:Writing a Novel is Faber Academy’s flagship course\, which has seen alumni such as S J Watson\, Saara El-Arifi\, Rachel Joyce\, Gail Honeyman and Alice Feeney go on to conquer bestseller lists around the world. Designed by the Director of our Fiction Programme\, Richard Skinner\, it’s a six-month deep dive into the art of the novel\, with sessions on every aspect you’ll need to take you from the bare bones of a draft to a finished novel. \nIt’s also a big commitment and a leap of faith. \nIn this one-hour session\, you’ll meet course tutor Richard T. Kelly and take part in a taster workshop\, and meet Faber Academy staff – as well as getting to know your potential course-mates. \nYou’ll also meet the Faber Academy team\, who will be your day-to-day support throughout your time on the course\, and get advice on how to make your application stand out. \nIs this right for me?\nThis introductory workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about Writing a Novel. You should feel confident that you’re ready to dedicate time\, space and energy to your novel\, but might have questions about the course\, if it would suit you as a writer or how to apply.
URL:https://thecommonroom.org.uk/event/faber-academy-an-introduction-to-writing-a-novel/
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