Let the Writing Sing: A Multi-Week Lyrical Essay Workshop// September 29-November 9
You’ve heard the names: Hermit Crab, Collage, Braided, Flash. But what about Abecedarian, Diptych, Tryptic, or Meditative? Are narrative essays written with beautiful prose lyrical? Is creative nonfiction lyrical by nature? Does knowing what a lyrical essay is and how it works matter as a writer?
Join Sonya to get answers to all these questions while learning about and exploring lyrical essay forms — and then practice writing your own!
This 6 week workshop will be run in two 3-week intervals consisting of two reading weeks and one writing week. Participants will read and discuss essays in weeks 1 and 2 of each interval then spend week 3 writing.
What participants can Expect:
To learn what a lyrical essay is and the various forms it comes in
Access to a Dropbox link with essays in each form
Slack discussion on assigned essays
Turn in two essay drafts at the end of each interval for instructor and peer feedback
Sonya Spillmann is a nurse, an essayist, and freelance writer living in the DC area with her husband and four kids. She's incapable of small talk, loves red lipstick, and spends the majority of her afternoons driving children around in her minivan. You can read more through her Substack, Finding Feathers.