The "Story Renovation" Workshop w Alex Behr | Feb 9 - Mar 2

Reframing story “revision” as a renovation can break down barriers of procrastination, frustration, and fears a story will never become “right.” Revision can seem like a punitive step leftover from school to meet a rubric or grade instead of an exploratory step akin to the joys of freewriting. Story renovation means keeping the structure, or bones, and restoring or reimagining other parts through guided word play. Participants will use story drafts to practice hands-on renovation approaches such as highlighting, cutting and taping, and drawing maps, along with generating new passages. We’ll leave with renovation techniques to keep us motivated and engaged and guidance and models from craft experts. 

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Teacher: 
Alex Behr
Time: 
Sundays,10am - 12:30pm, Feb 9, 16, 23, Mar 2
Location: 
Attic Institute, 1033 SW Yamhill St., Suite 405
Total Fee: 
$275

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The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters opposes the legitimation of bigotry, hate, and misinformation. As a studio for writers, we do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We embrace and celebrate our shared pursuit of literature and languages as essential to crossing the boundaries of difference. To that end, we seek to maintain a creative environment in which every employee, faculty member, and student feels safe, respected, and comfortable — even while acknowledging that poems, stories, and essays delve into uncomfortable subjects. We accept the workshop as a place to question ourselves and to empathize with complex identities. We understand that to know the world is to write the world. Therefore, we reaffirm our commitment to literary pursuits and shared understanding by affirming diversity and open inquiry.