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Summer 2005 Writing CoursesThe 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.
MEMORY AS MUSE, with Nancy PeacockThere are three separate sessions, each at a different location:
The following details apply to each location:
This class will explore the use of memory in writing through exercises using prompts meant to probe our memories. We will also read examples of memory used as muse and engage in discussion of how to incorporate bits of memory into larger pieces, fiction as well as personal essay. Participants will leave the session with a sense of community, several pages of their own writing, and ideas for furthering their writing practice through expansion of work with memory probes and exercises. 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. Testimonials: 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). . . .
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.
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