![]() ![]() They fall headlong into an all-consuming friendship that makes Lauren feel as though she is reclaiming her lost adolescence. She seems to exist at a remove from everyone around her until a new student joins her class: charming, magnetic Siri, who appears to be everything Lauren wishes she could be. But in her personal life, Lauren is troubled and isolated, still grappling with the sudden death of her parents ten years earlier. In the classroom, she is poised, smart, and kind, well liked by her students and colleagues. Lauren Cress teaches writing at a small college outside of Washington, DC. This workshop will take place online via Zoom. We’ll also look at how sound and structure can be used to communicate feeling what constitutes change in a grief story consider new ideas on sentimentality and reader resistance and learn ways to care for ourselves as we tell these important stories. We’ll explore entranceways into grief stories and ways to end them meaningfully, even if we haven’t found closure for similar experiences. During our time together, you will have the opportunity to workshop a story of up to 12 pages in a warm and supportive space. ![]() I have come to believe that if you can write grief as you truly experienced it, you can write anything. ![]()
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