Writing Outside of the Self
$340
How do we write into the unknown? What stories outside of our own, choose us to tell them and why?
In this six-week course, we will develop stories we are not yet sure how to write and uncover just how effective and dynamic our unique storytelling can be. We’ll bring them to their fullest consideration by adventuring through our ideas and returning to the joy of imagination and invention. Learning how to shape our inspirations and curiosities, we’ll build confidence in our explorations, deepen our prose and connect to wider worlds.
Together we’ll look at encouraging and informative excerpts by visionary authors such as Elif Shafak, Ali Smith, Salman Rushdie and Jorges Luis Borges, to name a few. We will discuss the joy of fiction as well as the challenges we might experience when we attempt to write what we don’t yet know, and generate pieces of prose through many imaginative prompts you’ll forever have in your toolkit for practicing your craft.
Access Program
We want our writing classes 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 seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. 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.
Stephanie Victoire
Stephanie Victoire (she/her) is an author, creative writing mentor and a workshop facilitator, born in London, UK, to a Mauritian-Creole family. Stephanie has published several works of fiction in literary anthologies in the UK and has featured in Portland’s Buckman Journal. She has commissioned and broadcast short works with BBC Radio, and published a collection of short stories, "The Other World, It Whispers", which was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, and shortlisted for the DIVA Literary Awards.
Stephanie has been living in Portland since 2020, dedicating her passion for the craft and the connectivity and expansion of storytelling through 1:1 mentoring, and her facilitation of workshops and writing groups at spaces such as Up Up Books and IPRC where she leads the monthly community writing night.
