Memoirous

First time writing that year. Must train fingers to not substitute a 1 instead of a 2. I started the year off with an acceptance of a small, brief flash. After last year’s novel in a year workshop at Story Studio I thought: Why not? And signed up for Jumpstart Your Novel with Sheree Greer. Sheree looks to be a queer writer hailing from Florida. There are not a lot of similarities between my and Sheree’s writing—mostly I loved the description of the class: In this class, we begin with intellectual and creative inquiry, asking the tough questions of our characters, our stories, and ourselves. This is the kind of work I shy away from on my own. Hopefully, I’ll be pushed to examine myself, my characters, and their motives. https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/creative-writing/jumpstart-your-novel-with-sheree-greer/ Through readings and interactive writing exercises, we’ll explore strategies for developing our ideas into stories and our stories into novels. We will discuss how...