First Draft Series
Creative Nonfiction with Neil Chethik
Wednesday, February 8, 6:00 – 8:00pm – Free – Call 859-231-5560 to REGISTER; Class meets at Eagle Creek Branch, 101 N. Eagle Drive
Carnegie Center director and nonfiction author Neil Chethik (FatherLoss and VoiceMale) shares the secrets of compelling nonfiction writing—how to take a true story and make it into a page-turner. Whether you’re working in memoir, history, columns, how-to, or some other nonfiction genre, you’ll learn what editors are looking for and how you can provide it. Get a taste of nonfiction, then consider joining a Carnegie nonfiction class. Offered in collaboration with the Lexington Public Library. NOTE: This workshop takes place at the Eagle Creek branch of the Lexington Public Library. Please call 859-231-5560 to reserve a spot!
Flash Fiction with Lori-Lyn Hurley
Choose your location:
Eagle Creek Branch, 101 N. Eagle Creek Dr., Wednesday, May 23, 6:00-8:00pm – Free Call 231-5500 to REGISTER;
Get the stories in your imagination onto the page—in a flash! Writer, artist, and blogger Lori-Lyn Hurley will introduce you to this fictional form known for its brevity. Working from writing exercises, you’ll have the opportunity to craft a complete story of 250 to 1000 words. Offered in collaboration with the Lexington Public Library. NOTE: These workshops take place at the Central & Eagle Creek branches of the Lexington Public Library. Please call the numbers listed above to reserve a spot.
Memoir with Normandi Ellis
Thursday, May 17, 6:00 – 8:00pm – Free – Call 859-231-5560 to REGISTER; Class meets at Central Branch, 140 E. Main Street
Do you remember the sound of your grandmother’s voice telling stories? Or the voice of your father, aunt, or cousin? Aren’t there things you’ve yet to say about your own experiences? Writing a memoir doesn’t have to cover an entire life. Just recall a vivid slice. To write memoir is to reclaim a life and its meaning. Normandi Ellis will help you tell the truth about who you are. Offered in collaboration with the Lexington Public Library. NOTE: This workshop takes place at the the Central branch of the Lexington Public
Library. Please call 859-231-5539 to reserve a spot!
“Classes offered by the Carnegie Center have been the making of me as a poet. Beginning with a workshop with Tony Crunk, proceeding through a Master Class with James Baker Hall, out of which grew the Mosaic women’s poetry group, and culminating in a long series of advanced workshops with Leatha Kendrick, I have received the most valuable training of my career. All very reasonably priced.” --- Sherry Chandler
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