4/16 - How to Write a Story for a Live Audience with Aida Zilelian - $32
Date: 4/16
Time: 10:00 - Noon PST
Cost: $40/$32 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
This class is for writers who would like to write stories to perform at live performances. We will look at the structure of how to write this particular kind of story by viewing performances and reading transcripts. From there we will brainstorm possible ideas and write a story from start to finish.
Aida Zilelian is a first-generation American-Armenian writer, educator, and literary organizer. Her fiction explores the depths of love and family relationships, culture and the connections between characters that transcend time and circumstance. Her first novel (unpublished) The Hollowing Moon, was one of the top three finalists of the Anderbo Novel Contest. The sequel The Legacy of Lost Things was published in 2015 (Bleeding Heart Publications) and was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. Aida has been featured on NPR, The Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Poets & Writers, and various reading series throughout Queens and Manhattan. Her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Award.
Date: 4/16
Time: 10:00 - Noon PST
Cost: $40/$32 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
This class is for writers who would like to write stories to perform at live performances. We will look at the structure of how to write this particular kind of story by viewing performances and reading transcripts. From there we will brainstorm possible ideas and write a story from start to finish.
Aida Zilelian is a first-generation American-Armenian writer, educator, and literary organizer. Her fiction explores the depths of love and family relationships, culture and the connections between characters that transcend time and circumstance. Her first novel (unpublished) The Hollowing Moon, was one of the top three finalists of the Anderbo Novel Contest. The sequel The Legacy of Lost Things was published in 2015 (Bleeding Heart Publications) and was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. Aida has been featured on NPR, The Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Poets & Writers, and various reading series throughout Queens and Manhattan. Her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Award.
Date: 4/16
Time: 10:00 - Noon PST
Cost: $40/$32 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
This class is for writers who would like to write stories to perform at live performances. We will look at the structure of how to write this particular kind of story by viewing performances and reading transcripts. From there we will brainstorm possible ideas and write a story from start to finish.
Aida Zilelian is a first-generation American-Armenian writer, educator, and literary organizer. Her fiction explores the depths of love and family relationships, culture and the connections between characters that transcend time and circumstance. Her first novel (unpublished) The Hollowing Moon, was one of the top three finalists of the Anderbo Novel Contest. The sequel The Legacy of Lost Things was published in 2015 (Bleeding Heart Publications) and was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. Aida has been featured on NPR, The Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Poets & Writers, and various reading series throughout Queens and Manhattan. Her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Award.