In this five-week workshop with Lisa Selin Davis, we will sharpen on our own personal essays as well as parse the nuts and bolts of pitching and publishing them. Topics include the ingredients of effective and moving essays; finding outlets; writing pitch letters; and dealing with the aftermath of splattering your personal life all over the internet.

Previous publication is not required, but writers should have some writing experience and commit to having a draft ready to share during the workshop. Class participation, in discussion and in the form of giving feedback to classmates, is very much required—as is willingness to be vulnerable! We should think of the class as a safe space we’re creating to share our most intimate stories and help each other improve them. Diversity—in race, geography, sex, gender, and other categories—welcome and encouraged.

Fridays, November 6th thru December 4th on Zoom
$200; $170 for Paragraph Members
Register by email: lisa@lisaselindavis.com

Lisa Selin Davis is an essayist, journalist and novelist who has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Salon, CNN and many other outlets. She is the author of a novel, Belly; a young adult novel, Lost Stars; and the non-fiction book Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.