TIM CUMMINGS’ NOVELS & LONGER NARRATIVES
WORKSHOP
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
In this workshop, writers will share their work with one another and dive deeply into analyses of narrative elements like theme, emotion, character arc, scene, and style. Through craft talks, examinations of powerful short stories and novel excerpts, writing exercises, and uniform participation, the workshop will generate approximately 80 pages of new work and build community.
This workshop is designed for those who have a body of work — which could be simply a bunch of free-writes!
Saturday Mornings, 9:30AM - 12:30 PM
July 29 - September 16, 2023*
On Zoom
$600
*Limited space available! Please note: Additional time outside of class each week will be required.
ABOUT TIM:
Tim Cummings holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. Recent publications: F(r)iction, Scare Street, Lunch Ticket, From Whispers to Roars, Drunk Monkeys, and Critical Read/RAFT, for which he won their Origins Essay Contest. He is a regular contributor at LA Review of Books (LARB) and teaches writing for UCLA Extension Writers' Program. His debut novel, Alice the Cat, will be published in May 2023 by Fitzroy Books/Regal House Publishing, recently awarded Foreword’s Publisher of the Year for 2021. Tim worked with Kim Maxwell as the Associate Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference Youth Workshop for six years.
TESTIMONIALS:
"Tim is so insightful and constructive with his notes, it gets you excited to implement them in the next week's submission. He leads the group with authority, but with a gentle empathy that brings out the best in all the participants. He is such a careful reader and note taker that it feels like you have a writing partner helping you along.”- B. HENDERSON
"Tim’s writing workshop changed my life and my writing. His nurturing mentorship, his wide-ranging curiosity in story and literature, his inquisitive nature about where my story was going, all gave me both the confidence as well as a technique to finally finish the first draft of my novel." - B. McCALL
"Tim has a sensitivity, experience, and breadth of knowledge that makes him an incredibly effective teacher. His praise and critique are keenly perceptive. Writing is so personal, so difficult to share with others, and Tim makes you feel safe to be vulnerable and let the sincere and truthful work flow right out of you. I’ve never had such a profound artistic experience.” - T. JENICH