Accessing Memories through the Kitchen Door

Class Description

Around the kitchen table is where real conversations happen. There, discussions are honest or not, humorous, combative, or emotional. They provide inspiration for our writing, or present the ideal setting to place our characters to converse. As a way to access these memories or create a compelling scene, beginning your draft with food is a delicious way to enter your imagination and discover the motivations of your characters: how they live and eat. In this seminar, we will use flavorful prompts, view a couple of tense dining scenes from films, and read a notable essays from Best American Food Writing issues that will make you hungry to write your own scenes, essays, and stories.

For writers of fiction and nonfiction of all levels.

Class Format

This class will take place in-person at our Center for Creative Writing in Boston's Seaport neighborhood.

Scholarship Information

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