In this class we will explore a few creative nonfiction forms such as vignette, narrative list, and review. In a safe, non-judgmental setting you will have a chance to try out these tools to help you wrangle topics that may feel too painful, complex,
Instructor: Beth Bates
In this class we will explore a few creative nonfiction forms such as vignette, narrative list, and review. In a safe, non-judgmental setting you will have a chance to try out these tools to help you wrangle topics that may feel too painful, complex, or wondrous to translate into the written word.
Beth Bates is a reluctant Hoosier since 2002, Beth credits the Butler University creative writing MFA program with saving her from death by mountain deprivation. A previous prose editor for Butler’s Booth journal, Beth has essays published in (mostly obscure, online, or now-defunct) literary journals, including Treehouse, MonkeyBicycle, and Used Furniture Review. She has worked as a writer and editor for a local nonprofit, a large publisher, and LitGrit, her own consulting business helping other writers polish their work. She is currently a copy director for a healthcare marketing agency in Carmel, where she resides with her husband, Dan, 18-pound cat Gary, and two college-age kids when they return for food, money, or a Gary fix. In addition to her MFA, Beth has an MA in counseling from Denver Seminary; she worked as a therapist while living in Colorado back around the time Mary Karr published “Liars Club” and Anne Lamott came out with “Traveling Mercies.”
Cost: $75 nonmembers, $48 members, $42 student members/teacher members/senior members/military members/librarian members
Phone: 317-255-0710
Email: mail@indianawriters.org
2018/04/28 - 2018/04/28
Indiana Writers Center
1125 Brookside Avenue, Suite B25, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Parking is located behind the Indiana Art Center in Broad Ripple. The Indiana Writers Center is in the smaller building behind the IAC, not the main building.