Out of Order: Writing Nonlinear Narratives
Adult Multi-Week | Available
In this generative workshop, students of multiple creative writing genres will explore nonlinear storytelling and learn how and when to effectively use this more experimental narrative style. Students will read and discuss short texts and media in class to explore storytelling using a nonlinear framework, including short films, poems, essays, and short fiction. These will include works by Li-Young Lee, Carole Maso, Anna Anthropy, and others. Students will write their own nonlinear narratives in response to structured prompts and stories/poems/media viewed in class.
- Please bring pencil/pen and paper or laptop/tablet.
Accessibility notes: Many artmaking processes require the ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time, fine motor skills/finger dexterity, repetitive motions, vision, and some amount of physical strength. VisArts values making classes accessible to everyone, and is always happy to work with students to make accommodations when possible. Please reach out to info@visarts.org with specific questions related to accessibility or accommodations.
Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
Alexis Stratton
Alexis Stratton is originally from Illinois but has spent their life in many homes, from New Orleans to South Korea. They received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of South Carolina, and they currently work as a freelance writer in Richmond, Virginia. Their fiction has appeared in storySouth, Hayden's Ferry Review, Blue Mesa Review, and Duende, among other publications. In 2023, they won the James River Writers Best Unpublished Novel Contest, and in 2024, they coauthored a nonfiction book, Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth, that was published by Ig Publishing.