APSU Community School Of The Arts Hosting One-Day Creative Writing Workshops Series
Whether you鈥檙e a young student interested in exploring creative writing or an adult learner interested in fine-tuning your craft, there will be something for everyone this spring at Austin Peay State University鈥檚 Community School of the Arts.
During the months of April and May, APSU will be hosting a number of specialized one-day writing classes and workshops aimed at helping learners grow their skills in a number of disciplines, including short stories, poetry and fantasy fiction.
Whether you鈥檙e a young student interested in exploring creative writing or an adult learner interested in fine-tuning your craft, there will be something for everyone this spring at Austin Peay State University鈥檚 Community School of the Arts.
During the months of April and May, APSU will be hosting a number of specialized one-day writing classes and workshops aimed at helping learners grow their skills in a number of disciplines, including short stories, poetry and fantasy fiction.
鈥淲e鈥檙e doing some 9 a.m.-noon, one-day writing classes on a number of really specific subjects, so if someone who takes the class is familiar with writing but really wants to hone their writing in one or two specific areas, they can take all of the classes, or just a subject that they鈥檙e really into,鈥 Quincy Rhoads, adjunct professor of language and literature at APSU, said.
Rhoads, who earned his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees from APSU, will lead all six workshops. In addition to teaching, Rhoads is a contributing editor for the online magazine Entropy, and his fiction and book reviews have appeared in magazines such as Zone 3, THE2NDHAND, Rain Taxi and Metazen.
One of the major goals of the workshop series, Rhoads said, is to compliment the type of learning students receive in a traditional academic setting.
鈥淎 lot of times, creative writing students study the classics of literary fiction, which makes sense because a student needs to make sense of the basics before branching off,鈥 Rhoads said. 鈥淏ut I have a lot of students who want to learn the intricacies of science fiction or fantasy writing and the things that make those (disciplines) unique.鈥
Interested learners will also have an opportunity to explore the business side of writing, as Rhoads will lead classes exploring the processes of submitting writing and preparing a manuscript.
鈥淎 lot of students of all ages aren鈥檛 totally sure about the route they need to take to submit their work to publishers,鈥 Rhoads said. 鈥淲ith independent publishing evolving how it has, the processes are totally different today. When is it worth paying a reading fee? How do you know when to send off a manuscript? Should you enter every single writing competition you can? Our goal is to supplement the learning process for students.鈥
The following one-day classes are held Saturdays from 9 a.m. 鈥 noon. Students must be 18 or older to enroll in classes. All classes are $25 to enroll, unless otherwise noted.
- Chapbooks, April 11. (Cost: $75)
- The Key to Short Stories, April 18
- Writing Fantasy Fiction, April 25
- Submitting Your Writing, May 16
- Advanced Poetry Workshop, May 23
- Preparing Your Manuscript, May 30
To register for any or all of the workshops, visit the CSA鈥檚 website at /csa/writing.
For more information, contact the APSU Community School of the Arts at 931-221-7508 or email at csa@apsu.edu.