The Art of Revision

About This Event
Much of our work as writers rests in revision. Careful revision ensures credible characters, enticing language, well-paced plots, and points of view that honor the intent and power of our stories. Through a craft-oriented look at work by Virginia Woolf, Lydia Davis, George Saunders, Morgan Talty, Peter Ho Davies, NK Jemisin, and others, we’ll explore the why and how of revision. Through writing exercises, group discussion, and a spirit of discovery, we’ll revise works-in-progress toward keeping readers invested and engaged.

Open to prose writers of all levels and genres with a current work-in-progress. This is a 2-week workshop, with a 2-hour session each week. Please prepare to spend time revising your work between sessions.

This 2-week workshop meets on Thursdays from 6-8pm at LitArts RI on the following dates:

Thurs, Sept 19

Thurs, Sept 26

About Your Teaching Artist

Susan Tacent’s (she/her) work appears in Tin House Online, Michigan Quarterly Review, Blackbird, decomp, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. She is writer-in-residence for Creature Conserve and co-editor of Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming Fall 2024.

@susantacent, susantacent.com

H ealth Safety Guidelines

If you have tested positive for Covid-19 within a few days of attending an event at LitArts RI, please contact Staff so we can let others know of possible exposure. We ask that you wait 14 days or until testing negative to return to the Center.

Accessibility

LitArts RI is wheelchair accessible. The organization is actively committed to cultivating a community that values and reflects diversity, equity and inclusivity and to providing programming that is accessible to all attendees. Please let us know about any accommodations we can make to allow you to participate fully in this event.

Host or Publisher LitArts RI