Creative Writing Workshop, 2017–2018 Academic Year

Starting in the second half of March 2018, the second edition of the Creative Writing Workshop will begin in collaboration with the Omero School of Writing.

The Storytelling – Level One course consists of 10 two-hour lessons and is designed for those who want to learn the fundamentals of writing. 

To join, you’ll need not only a deep passion for literature, but also a willingness to have fun and take on writing exercises.

At the end of the course, each participant will create an original story that will be featured in a dedicated anthology.

Interested students who can commit to attending the sessions regularly can register by Friday, March 16, 2018, by sending an email to attivitaculturali@luiss.it from their LUISS email address and providing a phone number.

The first 20 people to register will be accepted into the course, and any additional applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

Lesson schedule:

• Wednesday, March 21: Lesson 1 - Storytelling. Defining the story form. Exercise for Lesson 2: Continue one of two openings.
• Wednesday, March 28: Lesson 2 - Remembering. Drawing on personal experiences to discover your own story. Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 3: “I remember – I don't remember.”
• Wednesday, April 4: Lesson 3 - Point of view. When perspectives shift, stories are transformed. Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 4: Write a letter to a hero or superhero from any era of fiction (literature, film, TV, comics, etc.) and invite them to your home, with all the ensuing consequences.
• Wednesday, April 11: Lesson 4 - The Character. The heroes (and antiheroes) of our story. Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 5: Create a character with unique traits and behaviors.
• Wednesday, April 18: Lesson 5 - Description. What our eyes see (but also what our senses perceive). Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 6: The keepsake.
• Wednesday, May 2: Lesson 6 - Editing and proofreading. Lots of trimming and a few additions. Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 7: Editing your story.
• Wednesday, May 9: Lesson 7 - Dialogue. Do you speak the way you read or the way you eat? Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 8: Write a dialogue between two characters who don't know each other.
• Wednesday, May 16: Lesson 8 - The narrator. Who tells the story? Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 9: Giving a voice to a body part.
• Wednesday, May 23: Lesson 9 - Words in stories. The tools of the storyteller's craft. Feedback and correction of exercises. Exercise for Lesson 10: Write based on a sound suggestion.
• Wednesday, May 30: Lesson 10 - The ending. How a story ends. Feedback and correction of exercises. Final exercise: write based on a visual prompt.

All classes are held from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Political Science Room of the Library at Via di Santa Costanza 53.

For more information

attivitaculturali@luiss.it
Tel.: 06 85225 651
53 Via di Santa Costanza 

The activity is carried out in collaboration with:
Omero Writing School
Via Fonteiana 102, Rome

Contact:
Tel.: 06 58 33 14 02
Mobile: 349 469 52 83
scuola@omero.it
www.omero.it