Literary Cleveland is having me in to teach one session on the sentence. It’s affordable and not a huge time commitment. Online, so available to all! Details below.

The sentence is an infinitely elastic instrument containing thousands of microdecisions. So which decisions make your sentences become your sentences? This session will examine virtuosic sentences—from Herman Melville to Toni Morrison—exploring what these sentences might have been in the hands of another writer, exposing what makes them unique. This workshop will look at syntax, diction, and sonic elements, as well as attitude and subtext. Interactive lecture followed by group and/or individual exercises and sharing/feedback. No advance reading required. For writers of all prose genres.

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Details: Flexing the Sentence with Anne Elliott takes place Saturday, August 8 from 10am-12pm ET remotely online via Zoom.