| Writing Into Deep Truth

Join New York Times bestselling author Steve Almond in discovering the power of truth when writing about people and events that matter most deeply.

This a generative workshop to compel you to turn away from fancy language and gimmickry to focus on telling the truth about people and events that matter most deeply. Focus on subjects such as obsession, doubt, disequilibrium, romantic yearning, and friendship. Write every day to share our work.

Lectures are intended to demystify various elements of craft, including plot, narration, style, and characterization. Learn by doing, rather than following a set of rules.

This course is sophisticated enough to appeal to experienced writers, including those who have published books, and writers who are starting out. The emphasis is on treating each and every person as a storyteller, in pursuit of the deeper truths within them. Be expected to do a number of quick writing exercises, which will inevitably be the seeds of longer and more sustained projects. The idea isn’t to finish one single piece, but to begin a number of them, and to map out what you feel called to write.

Note: Steve also offers an advanced version of this class in the following week, Writing into Deeper Truth: The Revision Remix, for students wanting to unlock the hidden superpowers of revision, and learn the secrets to moving from free writes to publication.