More In-Class Writing

Instructor: Brittany Hampton Tokar

Join us for more in-class writing. Each session will include writing exercises, time to share what was written in class, and discussion. This course picks up after the first course of in-class writing ends for those who want to continue writing with a group. During this four-week session, we’ll look a bit closer at classic examples of writing and work with ideas gained from published works.

Four weeks/four sessions/eight hours

Mondays: May 27 – June 17, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Room 118

Reading like Writers

Instructor: Brittany Hampton Tokar

In this class we will look at short published works and excerpts of fiction and non-fiction, and then discuss these works as writers. Class members will also be invited to share short pieces of their own work with the class to be followed up by discussion, suggestions, encouragement, and friendly critique.

Two weeks/ two sessions /four hours

Tuesdays: May 28 – June Four, 5 – 7 p.m.

Writing Your Story

Instructor: Brittany Hampton Tokar

Do you want to write your own story? Whether you have a specific event or time in your life to get down on paper, or if you want to record the story of your life for family or for publication, this class will be devoted to helping you find a strong beginning, a fitting tone, and a clear, compelling voice. The class will include instructor led discussion and in-class writing exercises, as well as suggestions for at-home writing.

Four weeks/four sessions/eight hours

Mondays: June 2 4 – July 15, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

About our instructors:

Darlene Cah discovered flash fiction in the early 90s, signed up for an online course and published her first story shortly afterwards. Her stories have appeared in print and online journals including, Mindprints, Staccato Fiction, Smokelong Quarterly and Wilderness House Literary Review, among others.

Brittany Hampton Tokar received her bachelor of science from the College of Charleston and her MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University in Charlotte. She was honored with the James Still Award for Fiction at the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival in 2006 and the Plattner Award, Appalachian Heritage, “for having one of the most outstanding pieces of fiction in the four 2006 issues of Appalachian Heritage.”

Summer 2013 class brochures are available at ICC Polk Center in Columbus and online at www.isothermal.edu/learnstuffpolk.  Please call 828-894-3092 for more details on these and other classes being offered or to register.

– article submitted by Kate Barkschat