New Writing Workshop February 27, 2006

The Art of Finding & Telling Stories
an 8-week fiction writing workshop with Neelanjana Banerjee

February 27 - April 10, 2006; Mondays, 7 - 9.45PM
Public reading & chapbook release of students' work on May 17th
180 Capp Street (@17th street),San Francisco

Class size: minimum of 6, maximum of 14.
Cost: $160 non-members, $140 for KSW members.**

**Limited number of partial and full scholarships available. Contact KSW for more
information.

Registration deadline: February 20th, 2006.

Register by check or credit card, contact program director Samantha Chanse at
415.503.0520 or [email protected] for more information.

Registration information below.



Class Description:
Our worlds are thick with layers and layers of untold stories. Perhaps you
remember a story your grandmother used to tell you, or overhear two little girls
fighting on the bus, or even witness a particularly violent rainstorm ? each of these
moments could be the seed for a story. The art of fiction comes from both learning
how to access these stories and figuring out the best way to tell them.

In this class we are going to be scavenging the world around us, and within us, for
material. We will be observing, eavesdropping, researching and much more in order
to take advantage of the abundance of details in our lives. Along with this directed
exploring, the class will also focus on investigating the ways in which we can
manipulate narrative and transform subjects through language and form.

We will study the craft of storytelling and fiction writing by interacting with a broad
range of texts that will include short stories, non-fiction, poetry and multimedia
examples. We will get our hands dirty with both in-class and take-home writing
exercises, practicing various ways to tell our stories. We will share our work often and
discuss each other?s stories in a workshop. By the end of the class, students will have
a rough draft of a short story and lots of great ideas for other ones. Note: This class
is intended for all levels.

About the Instructor:
Neelanjana Banerjee has worked for a journalist for the last seven years. The former
editor-in-chief of AsianWeek newspaper, she currently works as the managing editor
of YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, where she helps young people produce their own
media. A regular contributor to Audrey Magazine, she is also contributing editor for
Hyphen magazine. Currently in her final year of the MFA program in fiction at San
Francisco State University, her writing has appeared in the Asian Pacific American
Journal, A Room of One?s Own, Suspect Thoughts and the anthology Desilicious
(Arsenal Press).

Registration information:

Register by paying full amount in advance (by check or credit card), or contact
program director Samantha Chanse at 415.503.0520 or email at
[email protected] for more information about payment plans and partial
scholarships (limited availability).

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Wilson Wong
Program and Office Intern
Kearny Street Workshop
space180 | 180 capp st, 3rd fl | sf, ca 94110
415.503.0520 | f: 415.503.0547
[email protected] | www.kearnystreet.org