MWC Offers Virtual Workshop for Prose Writers – “Time, Movement, & Memory: Charting Paths Without Plot”

What: Time, Movement, & Memory: Charting Paths Without Plot – Prose Workshop
Who: Midwest Writing Center and Jeffrey Wolf (instructor)
When: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CST
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: $25 MWC members / $35 non-members

The Midwest Writing Center is proud to announce a special virtual prose workshop on Wednesday, March 13, called “Time, Movement, & Memory: Charting Paths Without Plot.” The workshop will be led by award-winning writer Jeffrey Wolf of Chicago, IL. Complete workshop description included below.

Registration is $25 for MWC members and $35 for non-members, and scholarships are available for students, veterans, and those with financial need; contact MWC to get a scholarship application. Space is limited to 15 students max, so register today.

***Registration for this event has closed.***

Please send questions via email to Sarah Elgatian: sarah.elgatian@mwcqc.org

“Time, Movement, & Memory: Charting Paths Without Plot” – Workshop Description:

Have you ever wanted to break the so-called “rules” of writing and experiment with your personal style? In this class, we’ll explore the craft tools for writing a freer, more unbound prose that remains grounded in the human experience while revisiting those age-old questions: What keeps us reading? How do we translate the genuine, complex experiences of life onto the page with meaning and authenticity? What if the stories we want to tell don’t follow cause-and-effect logic? We’ll approach writing with a more emotional logic, with organic structures and associational leaps, where we can beguile the reader with true theater of the mind.

Instructor Bio:

Jeffrey Wolf is a fiction writer from Chicago. He has been awarded artist residencies in Iceland, Sweden, and at MWC, as well as a fellowship grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. He was a finalist for the Arkansas International Emerging Writer’s Prize, and his writing has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Tupelo Quarterly, Bat City Review, Jewish Fiction, and elsewhere. He has an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and teaches at Columbia College Chicago.

This workshop is made possible thanks to the support of the Illinois Arts Council Agency