Writing in the Child’s Voice
$75
This course will take a close look how to effectively use the child narrator when writing personal narrative or fiction. Using textual examples, we’ll look at what kinds of situations or scenes are best told from the child’s point of view, and examine how to keep the child’s voice authentic. We’ll experiment with how to ease between the child’s viewpoint and the adult narrator looking back. Using prompts, we’ll practice writing the same scene from different viewpoints, and we’ll write some of our own childhood memories, paying attention to some of the techniques we’ve studied in the texts. Although this class focuses on personal narrative texts, fiction writers will also find these techniques effective.
Texts Used:
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T. Kira Madden, Solito by Javier Zamora, and The Part That Burns by Jeannine Ouellette.
Access Program
We want our writing classes and Delves to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and Delve tuitions at a reduced rate. The access program for writing classes covers 60% of the class tuition. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available.
Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions.
Liaison position
Every in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts.
Apply here for the liaison position.
