3/25 Class - How to Write Great Scenes with Oksana Marafioti - $30/$24 For Members
Date: 3/25
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm PST
Cost: $30/$24 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
In this class, we will study the anatomy of a scene - the most powerful element of narrative - by exploring how successful writers create scenes that grab the reader’s attention from the start. We will also practice writing our own. You can bring your own material or write from scratch. Either way, you’ll come away from this class with an insider’s knowledge of how to construct a powerful scene.
Your Instructor: Oksana Marafioti is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her writings have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, literary journals The Fairy Tale Review and Pilgrimage, and in several anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Literary Award Recipient. In 2016, she was the U.S. Government-sponsored literary ambassador to the Czech Republic. She was the 2020 recipient of the Picador Excellence in Literature Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. A classically trained pianist, Oksana also holds a B.S. in Cinematography and an MFA in Creative Writing. Find Oksana at https://www.oksana-marafioti.com/.
Date: 3/25
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm PST
Cost: $30/$24 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
In this class, we will study the anatomy of a scene - the most powerful element of narrative - by exploring how successful writers create scenes that grab the reader’s attention from the start. We will also practice writing our own. You can bring your own material or write from scratch. Either way, you’ll come away from this class with an insider’s knowledge of how to construct a powerful scene.
Your Instructor: Oksana Marafioti is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her writings have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, literary journals The Fairy Tale Review and Pilgrimage, and in several anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Literary Award Recipient. In 2016, she was the U.S. Government-sponsored literary ambassador to the Czech Republic. She was the 2020 recipient of the Picador Excellence in Literature Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. A classically trained pianist, Oksana also holds a B.S. in Cinematography and an MFA in Creative Writing. Find Oksana at https://www.oksana-marafioti.com/.
Date: 3/25
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm PST
Cost: $30/$24 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
In this class, we will study the anatomy of a scene - the most powerful element of narrative - by exploring how successful writers create scenes that grab the reader’s attention from the start. We will also practice writing our own. You can bring your own material or write from scratch. Either way, you’ll come away from this class with an insider’s knowledge of how to construct a powerful scene.
Your Instructor: Oksana Marafioti is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her writings have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, literary journals The Fairy Tale Review and Pilgrimage, and in several anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Literary Award Recipient. In 2016, she was the U.S. Government-sponsored literary ambassador to the Czech Republic. She was the 2020 recipient of the Picador Excellence in Literature Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. A classically trained pianist, Oksana also holds a B.S. in Cinematography and an MFA in Creative Writing. Find Oksana at https://www.oksana-marafioti.com/.