Cost: $60 / $50 if register by June 30
Optional Office Hour with me (live via Zoom): +$50

Curious about how I teach? Check out “Shaping the Spiritual.”

Logistics
Self-guided, asynchronous class designed to keep you motivated and moving ahead with your projects. Access materials on your own schedule and at your own pace. Before it begins, you will receive instructions on how to log on to the course through the online Wet Ink platform. Should they choose to participate, you may also receive written comments on your work from your peers. Note: due to its independent focus, this class might not be for you if you are looking for guaranteed engagement with other writers. New lessons will open on 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, and 8/4. The course site will close on 8/10, after which you will be sent a zip file of all course materials (written lectures including audio/video formats, readings, exercises, and discussion questions).

Though the class is without an instructor, for an extra $50 join me for one open office hour live via Zoom to discuss your writing on any of these four dates/times (p.m./ET): Mon., July 14 1-2, Mon., July 21 3-4, Tues., July 29 2-3., or Tues., Aug. 5 3-4.

Description
This class will ask what, if anything, can make nonfiction writing “spiritual.” Read selections from essays and memoirs in the spiritual writing genre and try composing your own versions of this material. How to write about something so personal and powerful and share it with an audience of differing beliefs or traditions? How do writers move beyond saccharine sentimentality to illuminate a truth? Choose a spiritual question or subject to explore in depth by writing two optional 500-word pieces and one article/essay between 1,000 and 3,000 words. The course will provide tips and inspiration for getting started, gathering material, and revising your work for publication. Writers from all backgrounds and faiths are welcome.

Outcomes
·      Form regular writing deadlines
·      Explore and identify examples of essays/memoir in spiritual writing to jumpstart process
·      Develop writing approach through exercises, lectures, and discussion questions
·      Learn constructive peer review practices
·      Gain strategies in revising for publication

Schedule

WEEK 1: SHAPING THE SPIRITUAL

WEEK 2: FRAMING THE “I” IN FAITH (optional office hour #1)

WEEK 3: ENGAGING THE OTHER (optional office hour #2)

WEEK 4: SPEAKING TO YOU (optional office hour #3)

WEEK 5: RE-SEEING AND REPRESENTING YOUR WORK (optional office hour #4)

$60 / $50 if register by June 30
Optional Office Hour with me (live via Zoom): +$50
Questions? Email me.