Depending on the writer, revision is perhaps painful, exciting, dreadful, or each of these feelings at once. Whatever your experience, however, revision is generally an essential process to writing—even if it’s happening internally, invisibly, all in the mind. In this nonfiction workshop, we will focus primarily on the act of revision. By revision, I don't mean solely focusing on line editing, punctuation, or grammar—though these aspects will be considered in any good revision process. But our focus will be on finding ways to re-imagine our writing. We will read short essays, interviews, and other readings of writers reflecting on how they revise their work. We will also be writing a short nonfiction piece ourselves, which we will then revise throughout the weeks, with an eye to different points of view, different starting places, or other possible prompts. All these exercises will be focused on allowing us to see the different possibilities that revision offers us—and, hopefully, provide us opportunities to be surprised by our writing. Most importantly, we will keep track of our own writing processes and reflect on them as we uncover what is important to us in revision.

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• In-Class Writing Lift: Light

• Homework: Required

• Workshopping Drafts: Intensive

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