Stop Dreaming and Do It: Assembling a Poetry Manuscript
Adult Multi-Week | Available
In this intimate four-week class, we will work together to organize your poems into a
cohesive poetry manuscript. We'll focus on poem ordering and revision to tease out the book length poem your individual poems work together to create. This class is for folks who have started or want to start the process of pulling poems together into a manuscript, or for those who already have a manuscript and want to do a deep dive into the individual components of your book. We will not read whole manuscripts in this class, but will do so in a future class coming this fall.
- No supplies required for this class beyond the computers students are already using to do their writing on.
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.
Rosa Castellano
Rosa Castellano recently re-located back to Richmond, VA from Vermont. While living in the Green Mountain state, she lead numerous poetry workshops for adults and children and was an active member of the writing community. She spends the bulk of her non-writing time reading (mostly poetry, nonfiction and graphic novels) and adventuring with her husband and four children. She received an MFA in poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University and currently, is the Emerging Artist Resident in Writing for the 2019-2020 year at the Visual Arts Center of Virginia.