Instructor: Jacqueline Friedland
Length: 5 sessions, $450
Fridays,  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Writers often struggle to configure chapters, scenes and dialogue in an order that maximizes the dramatic impact of their tale.  In this course, students will study literary techniques used in popular genres as a means of learning how to create riveting plots in their own individual voices.  With an eye toward increasing urgency and suspense, we will explore questions of plotting, pacing and chronology while looking closely at the interplay of internal and external pressures in individual stories.  We will also experiment with writing prompts and story mapping as means of approaching writing with a deliberate hand.  Participants will be afforded opportunities to share their work and receive constructive feedback from the instructor and fellow classmates. 

Jacqueline Friedland received her MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College in 2016.  She attended the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate and NYU Law School, graduating magna cum laude from both schools.  She is a former attorney and professor of legal writing.  She reviews fiction regularly for Kirkus Media and other publications.  Her first novel is forthcoming from SparkPress in Spring 2018.  

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If you have questions about the registration process, please call us at 914-395-2205 or email writinginstitute@sarahlawrence.edu.