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OCTOBER through DECEMBER

Poetic Language for Creative Writers

Discover how to look at your prose writing with a poetic eye. Poetic devices, such as rhythm, metaphor and symbolism can have a large effect on the sound and imagery of any prose writing. In this workshop we will practice shaping our own poems and prose with an eye toward narrative, texture, imagery, and characterization. Be inspired by the poetic language of writers who have written both poetry and prose and discover how to infuse the vibrancy of poetry into your prose writing. Through in class exercises, you will practice a poetic approach to prose writing, which will show how the two genres can overlap and how they can successfully shape your own work.

Note: Open to all levels.

Course Number: WCWP-80000   Credit: 0 units

10/07/10 - 12/09/10   (Click to show details)

$205

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Time: Th, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. No mtgs. 11/11/10, 11/25/10 (8 mtgs.)
Location: Room 108, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA  92093
Class Type: In-class—traditional classroom instruction
Instructor: Christina Burress

Textbooks: No textbook required.

Section Policies: No refunds after: 10/13/10. No visitors permitted. Early Enrollment Discount: $205 ($225 if enrolled after 09/06/10).

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July 13 & 20 in La Jolla -

“Investigative Poetics: Our Other Selves”  - UCSD Extension

   Poet Thich Nhat Hanh writes, "If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them alive in this moment..." Discover how to write poetry and short prose by investigating your own history as well as the deep connection to ancestral memory in this two-day workshop. Experiment with visual, sound, and textural cues to encourage and elicit strong, personal narrative elements in your writing, learning how to explore what you really know about yourself, through the use of in-class writing exercises and discussion. Topics and techniques include multiple right answers, story before your life, not knowing, paying attention, personification, sound, recipe poem, concrete language, metaphor, and memoir. All levels are welcome to take part in this course.

Note: Open to writers of all levels.

Time/Date: Tues. 6:00-9:00 p.m., Jul 13 & Jul 20 (2 mtgs.)

Location: Rm. 141, UCSD Extension Complex, La Jolla

Fee: $75 ($95 after 6/14/10)

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COMING IN 2010

“Writing with a sense of sight”

  

“Writing as sound”