2/17 Class - The Art of Descriptive Writing with Oksana Marafioti - $24
Date: 2/17
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm PST
Cost: $30/$24 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Good stories are filled with amazing images that draw readers in, but how do writers accomplish this rich imagery and create characters and story worlds that seem real? Through vivid language! In this class, we'll go on a world-building adventure and explore two of the most important components of writing with impact, show vs. tell, through readings and exercises.
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.
Date: 2/17
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm PST
Cost: $30/$24 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Good stories are filled with amazing images that draw readers in, but how do writers accomplish this rich imagery and create characters and story worlds that seem real? Through vivid language! In this class, we'll go on a world-building adventure and explore two of the most important components of writing with impact, show vs. tell, through readings and exercises.
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.
Date: 2/17
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm PST
Cost: $30/$24 for members
Class Level: Emerging - Intermediate
Good stories are filled with amazing images that draw readers in, but how do writers accomplish this rich imagery and create characters and story worlds that seem real? Through vivid language! In this class, we'll go on a world-building adventure and explore two of the most important components of writing with impact, show vs. tell, through readings and exercises.
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.