“You’re only as good as your transitions,” says author Weike Wang. In this highly interactive class we’ll put that statement to the test.

 

First of all, what are transitions? We’ll go beyond the college definitions (hint: it’s not just 'furthermore') to discover an array of techniques, from repetition to point of view shifts, that help writers bridge ideas, time periods, perspectives, and more.

 

Armed with readings by Priscilla Long, Tobias Wolff, Deborah Levy, Sylvia Plath and others, we’ll discuss how transitions can solve some of the most common issues in fiction: from introducing backstory and interiority to shifting point of view and covering vast passages of time.

 

A range of writing prompts will leave participants with new ideas, revision strategies, and a practical understanding of how transitions can transform one’s creative work.

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About the Instructor:

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Evgeniya Dame is a former Stegner Fellow in Fiction and has taught writing at Stanford University, the University of New Hampshire, and for Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. She has received her MFA at the University of New Hampshire where she was a Fulbright Fellow from Russia. Her fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, Subtropics, Joyland, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her non-fiction has been published in Electric Literature and online in the New England Review. She edits fiction for Joyland magazine and contributes reviews to KIRKUS. Evgeniya grew up in Samara, Russia and currently lives in Berkeley. 

 

Click here to learn more about Evgeniya.

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LEFT MARGIN LIT'S CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY:

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If you find that you can't take a class for which you registered, you may request a refund, less a $25 administrative fee, at least 48 hours prior to the start of the first class session. If a class doesn't reach its minimum enrollment, it will be cancelled, and all students will receive full refunds.