| Nature Writing: Describing The Natural World (Online)

Guided by author Richard Goodman, learn how to evoke nature's beauty and significance through your words, no matter where you are.

Whether it’s an endless desert vista, a bird’s tuneful morning song, a whale emerging from the sea, the weathered bark of a tree or a spider spinning its silky web on your front porch, the natural world calls to many of us.

And many of us have the urge to write about what we see and feel.

Let me help you realize that desire.

The aim of this workshop is for you to depict nature with prose that evokes what you see and how you see it—to make your individual, unique reaction universal. 

It’s all in the details. Using sensory-based exercises, we will direct our attention to word choice, metaphors and creating lyrical, evocative sentences. This is a workshop about both passion and precision. We will write, and each individual voice will be nurtured. 

We use great nature writers as our guides in this search—Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, Gretel Ehrlich, Barry Lopez, as well as those from the past who led the way. 

Wherever you are, whether it be in a city, town, or the country, you encounter nature in some form. This workshop will satisfy your need to evoke the nature you see and are moved by with words. 

Join me in the adventure that is nature writing.

This workshop is intended for beginner or intermediate writers.