Word Generator
Thursdays, February 5-March 19 (no class March 5)
Libby Flores
Generative Workshop
7pm-9pm ET
Online (Zoom)
$400
$350
Do you have a hard time finding space in your day to write? Do you want a creative jumpstart to your new year? In this workshop, the goal is to get words on the page and unlock inspiration. In the words of Arthur Ashe, “Start where you are. Use what you have.” This is an exercise-intensive course designed to “unstick” writers struggling to start or continue new projects, boosting writing productivity. The course relies heavily on in-class writing exercises for both fiction and nonfiction writers. Writers will produce a ton of new pages.
We will read the works of great authors such as Venita Blackburn, Lydia Davis, Sandra Cisneros, Jamaica Kincaid, and Lucia Berlin, to discover what captivates and arrests our attention, and what resonates with readers long after the last line is read. After discussing these examples, the class will be given a series of writing prompts. Come ready to write! Students will produce writing to start a new story or find fresh avenues into a work in progress. You will receive in-class feedback from the instructor and your classmates. This class is for writers of all levels looking for inspiration and motivation.
The class will meet on Zoom on Thursday evenings from February 5 to March 19. There will be no class on March 5.
We have a limited number of scholarships for the class. Scholarships cover 50% of tuition. Recipients will be selected at random. The window to apply for a scholarship is open now through January 14. You can request one here.
About Libby Flores:
Libby Flores’ writing has appeared in One Story, The Kenyon Review, Gagosian Quarterly, American Short Fiction, Ploughshares, Post Road Magazine, McSweeney’s, Tin House/The Open Bar, The Guardian, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She is the Associate Publisher at BOMB Magazine. She has taught creative writing workshops for the Sackett Street Writing Workshop, Tin House, One Story, Hub City Writers Project, Bennington College, and PEN America. In 2024, she was a visiting faculty member at Bennington College, where she guest edited The Bennington Review. She lives in Brooklyn, but will always be a Texan. Libby is represented by Sarah Bowlin at Aevitas Creative Management. Her book of stories, All Good Men, will be published by Unnamed Books in 2027.
Policies
Our classes are designed to be safe spaces for all who participate. One Story will not tolerate hate speech, bullying, or harassment directed toward instructors or fellow students, and reserves the right to remove participants who engage in such behavior from our classes.
Full refunds are available through January 28. Partial refunds (50%) are granted if the class is dropped within one week of the class start date (January 28-February 4). Payment is non-refundable on or after the class’s start date. For questions about the refund policy, or to receive a refund, please contact edu.support@one-story.com.
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