Taking the Long Way Home: A Writer's Journey
Presentation Type
Presentation
Release Option
Event
Description
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Abstract
This creative presentation will reflect on how the training and techniques I learned in Professor Laura Valeri’s creative writing class in Fall 2022 prepared me to write a work of high-quality long form fiction this semester in her Advanced Fiction class. The technical aspects I will discuss include how image, voice, setting, insight, and story must all come together in service of the narrative, and I will read a selection of my short works that highlight these techniques. I will also touch on my experiences as a legacy student who took a non-traditional path through my work and in life to get where I am today, and I will explain how these experiences are all assets to my creative process. Additionally, I will explain how Professor Valeri’s classes are directly responsible for my switching from my current Interdisciplinary Studies program into the new online English program, a program that feels to me as if I wished it into existence, and my plans for continued creativity through my senior year at Georgia Southern and beyond.
Faculty Mentor
Laura Valeria
Department of Primary Presenter's Major
Interdisciplinary Studies
Location
Armstrong Campus
Symposium Year
2023
Taking the Long Way Home: A Writer's Journey
Armstrong Campus
This creative presentation will reflect on how the training and techniques I learned in Professor Laura Valeri’s creative writing class in Fall 2022 prepared me to write a work of high-quality long form fiction this semester in her Advanced Fiction class. The technical aspects I will discuss include how image, voice, setting, insight, and story must all come together in service of the narrative, and I will read a selection of my short works that highlight these techniques. I will also touch on my experiences as a legacy student who took a non-traditional path through my work and in life to get where I am today, and I will explain how these experiences are all assets to my creative process. Additionally, I will explain how Professor Valeri’s classes are directly responsible for my switching from my current Interdisciplinary Studies program into the new online English program, a program that feels to me as if I wished it into existence, and my plans for continued creativity through my senior year at Georgia Southern and beyond.
