WRITING OUTSIDE THE BOX

Were you a kid who always colored outside the lines? Or do you wish you were encouraged to do so? Maybe you’re struggling with a particular story or essay and need a completely different way to look at it. Join this class to learn how to break out of the traditional narrative box. All stories and essays are different, and therefore don’t require the same structure. Maybe your story is best told through a bureaucratic document, or a PowerPoint presentation, a mix tape, a series of recipes, or another piece of ephemera. We’ll leave behind standard prose structure and explore alternative forms for telling your best story, and expanding your imaginative boundaries. 
For fiction and nonfiction writers.

Liz Prato

Liz is the author of two essay collections, Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning, and Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawai‘i, a New York Times Top Summer Read and a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She is also the author of the short story collection Baby’s on Fire, and she edited The Night, and the Rain, and the River. Her work was named a Notable selection in Best American Essays and Best American Sports Writing 2018, and has appeared in numerous publications, including River Teeth, McSweeney’s, Carolina Quarterly, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Rumpus, Salon, and Subtropics.