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Reif Larsen VOICE MATTERS: A FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP – LIVE Fiction June 14 to June 18, 2021 Tuition: $550 Class Size: 12 Session: summer Level: 1 week asynchronous workshop

We all know that feeling of encountering a strong narrative voice on the page. We are infected by its singularity, by its seduction, by its ruts and inconsistencies. But what, exactly, are the mechanics of a voice’s authority? As writers, how do we sweep up our readers inside the inexplicable, honeycombed mind of a character? What do we put in and what do we leave out? In this workshop we will work on mining and polishing the narrative voices in our stories through in-class writing and revision. Bring a notebook! We will get our hands dirty…

In preparation, please bring 11 copies of a story you’re working on (12 pages, double space max) to our first class meeting. Novel excerpts are also acceptable but as much as possible they should be able to stand on their own.

LIVE TIME: 10am-12pm EST.

Biography

Reif Larsen is the author of the novels I Am Radar and The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet, which was a New York Times Bestseller and adapted for the screen by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie). He has a children’s book, Uma Wimple Charts Her House, coming out in May. Larsen’s essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, GQ, Tin House, McSweeney’s, Travel & Leisure, one story, The Millions, and The Believer. He recently founded The Future of Small Cities Institute.