Lyzette Wanzer, MFA

Thursdays, October 16 – December 11 (skip November 27)
5:30pm – 8pm Pacific time
$225

 

In this virtual, hands-on eight-week workshop, learn everything you need to convert your literary endeavors, intentions, and goals into consistent production, achievements, and the glue that holds all of these together: motivation.

 

Bullet journaling is not some cutesy arts-and-craft project on steroids. When you set it up and use it properly, this journal boosts your strategies and aims on two fronts: productivity, and publication. We'll start with the journal's fundamental systems and elements, move on to the key concepts of the Bujo practice, and then set up a journal that aligns with your writing goals for the next 18 months. This is a cohort-based workshop, where everyone will be invested in one another's progress and realization. You'll learn how to:

 

• track upcoming writing contest, journal submissions, artist residency, and grant deadlines

• ensure that you always have work circulating in the world, be that poems and a short story, a couple of essays and a grant application, or MFA program applications and literary agent submissions

• create goals that are SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely

• leverage the different seasons of the literary year to help streamline and focus your efforts, getting the most bang for your submission-fee bucks

• create a workload that is manageable and rooted in realism, not fantasy

• weave accountability into your process and practice.

 

Students should be serious, committed writers with an established practice who are comfortable sharing their class work with others and turning in assignments. This workshop is not suitable for beginner writers. 

 

Upon registering, students will receive a materials list. Enrollment is limited. If you'd like to book your spot, email with "Creative Writing Bullet Journal" in the subject line. We hope to see you there!

 

Reserve your seat now.

 

You've heard the alphabet soup of these conferences: ASALH, AWP, CEA, CSA, MLA, PCA, SHC, and so many others.

In a safe and supportive environment, you will learn:

 

• how to choose the right writers' conference for you
• how to prepare a polished submission and make a professional impression
• how to create a conference plan
• explore options for financial support
• avoid common and costly mistakes in your CV and bio that mark you as an amateur.

This day-long, hands-on workshop is for writers who are applying to have their work—poetry, fiction, essays, and creative nonfiction—accepted for a panel at a writers' conference or convention, whether virtual or in-person. Students should be prepared to engage in several online research and task activities. Reserve your space at https://www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-events/get-invited-to-read-at-literary-conferences-with-lyzette-wanzer

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In this class that starts on March 20th, you will birth, nurture, and release one brand-new flash fiction story. You will engage in extensive revisions of your work, and close readings and analysis of ten sudden fiction stories. Students registering for this class should be prepared to create new work from scratch in a concentrated, serious environment. Homework will consist of revisions and exercises to help ensure that your piece is as polished and economically written as possible. Prior fiction or nonfiction writing experience is required. Registration is through The University of Chicago's Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies. This is course #WRIT32850.