Master Class: On Intuition: Finding Our True North with Laura van den Berg
Master Class: On Intuition: Finding Our True North with Laura van den Berg
1 Session: Saturday, April 18
2:30-4:30pm ET
Laura van den Berg
Laura van den Berg is the acclaimed author of six works of fiction and currently directs the creative writing program at Harvard University. She has also taught in the MFA programs at the Michener Center for Writers, Columbia University, and Warren Wilson.
This class will be an adventure in sharpening our writerly instincts, and is designed to provide a reset for writers who have reached a moment in their practice where they are seeking greater clarity and self-trust. Why does this matter? Without a sharp and sturdy artistic compass it can be difficult to determine what a project needs, especially once outside readers have “entered the chat.” Together we will explore the role of intuition in the writing process and tools for reorienting an artistic compass that’s gotten a bit scrambled.
Workshop Highlights:
Refresh your relationship to your writing practice
Learn new strategies for moving through periods where you feel stuck or lost
Learn how to integrate feedback without losing your way
Rediscover why you love to write
This class has 1 full and 1 partial scholarship available. To apply, please fill out this form by Friday, April 10.
Laura van den Berg’s most recent book is the widely praised short story collection, I Hold a Wolf by the Ears (FSG, 2020) , which NPR called “exquisite.” Her next novel is State of Paradise, which will be published by FSG in Summer 2024. Other books include the novel The Third Hotel (FSG, 2018), a finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and two other collections of stories, The Isle ofYouth (FSG, 2013), and What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us (Dzanc Books, 2009), as well as the novel Find Me (FSG, 2015).
