Instructor: Leah McNaughton Lederman
Dates: 4 Wednesdays: November 6, 13, 20, 27
Time: Asynchronous
Location: Private Facebook Group by invitation
Cost: Free/by donation

In this writing group, we will read samples of creative nonfiction (mostly memoir) and excerpts from books on craft, with an eye on descriptive language, narrative style, tone, themes, word choice, etc. The first Wednesday of each month, a new reading will be posted along with a writing prompt. As the month continues, we will write and revise our work based on the class feedback and conversation. The goal is not only to get us writing but to understand the genre of creative nonfiction, the art of revision, and the power of community. Creative nonfiction writers are encouraged to join but any genre is welcome. Sometimes the best way to grow your writing skills is to study a different genre.

Before the first meeting, you will receive a link for the Facebook Group. This class is asynchronous and meets online via Facebook.

***Pre-registration required.***

About the Instructor:
Leah McNaughton Lederman created two volumes of Café Macabre: A Collection of Horror Stories and Art by Women (SourcePoint Press, 2019; 2021) and her own short story collection: A Novel of Shorts: The Woman No One Sees (2020). Her creative nonfiction has been published in The River and South Review and Defenestration Mag, and her essay “My Bleeding Heart” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In 2022, Leah published Beautifully Broken: The Katy Hayes Story and her current memoir project involves growing up with a combat veteran father. Leah is a social media volunteer for the Lafayette Writers Studio and assists with social media for the Indiana Writers Center, where she also facilitates the monthly online CNF group. She is the fiction/nonfiction editor for the online literary and arts journal  Of Rust and Glass, and she is the director of the Midwest Writers Workshop. Leah lives in the Indianapolis area with her husband and an assortment of children, cats, and dogs.

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