Writing Course from Winter 2005
The 2005 Writing Courses are over, but this course information is on the site so that you can see what courses we have sponsored in the past.
DEVELOPING YOUR WRITING PRACTICE, with Nancy Peacock
A Course For Beginners and Procrastinators -- fiction and creative nonfiction
- Tuesdays, February 8 - March 15, 6:30 - 8:00pm (6 weeks, 9 hours of instruction)
- Meets at the Network Library and Resource Center in Chapel Hill
- $110 Network members / $130 non-members
- Limit: 12 participants
Life is messy. Out of the daily chaos, how do we create the necessary
time and space for writing? And then, out of the chaos of a first draft,
how do we transform our writing into something wonderful? Come to class
with paper and pen and be prepared to get your dreams moving.
Nancy Peacock
has taught writing at The ArtsCenter in
Carrboro, The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, and in
bookstores and private homes across the state. She is the author of two
novels, Home Across The Road and Life Without Water, which was chosen in
1996 as a New York Times Notable Book. She has published essays and
short stories in journals and magazines such as Sojourner, St. Andrews'
Review, and Southern Exposure. She has just finished a memoir. Peacock
has always had to balance writing with holding down one, and sometimes
two, day jobs.
Testamonials:
Nancy's class was about writing first of all for yourself. No judgments on
good or bad, just the encouragement to write, write, write. Nancy's daily
prompts were just the nudge I needed to sit in my favorite chair and write
(which I had not done in a while). . . .
Lynn Zempel
I loved Nancy's class! It was just the thing I was looking for -- a
jump start on bringing discipline to my writing practice. I looked
forward to my weekly drive out to the Old White Cross school to
congregate around the full table of interesting folks who seemed just as
hungry as I was for encouragement and discipline. Her workshop gave me
-- finally -- the validation I'd been looking for to call myself a
writer, published or not. The combination of writing exercises, reading
and discussion was a perfect balance for me. The daily prompts were a
wonderful tool. Nancy already had my respect for her writing since I'd
read one of her books some time ago, but she now has my added respect
for her very humble approach to teaching.
Donna Picard
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