Story Journey: The Classics

WED March 13 - April 24

LIVE | ONLINE

6 PM - 8PM

6 classes | 12 students maximum

$220

  • Hesiod’s and his Theogony to open Pandora’s Box.
  • Homer’s the Iliad & the Odyssey to map out structure & the thematic premise.
  • Sappho’s lyric poetry to mine interiority.
  • Sophocles, Aristotle & Greek tragedies to understand cause & effect.
  • Aristophanes & Greek comedies to try out satire.
  • The mysterious Orphic Hymns to let loose with passionate prose.
  • Herodotus' Histories to tackle creative non-fictio
  • and more . . .

We will be reading excerpts from the classics; however, if you ever wanted an excuse to read, say, The Odyessy, in its entirety, or all of Sappho’s wondrous fragments, now is your chance.

May I write words more naked than flesh,

stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew,

sensitive than nerve -SAPPHO

ADAPTATION - PROSE TO SCREENPLAY

TBA


4 classes | 12 students maximum

$120

  • Learn how to adapt short stories, novels, or CNF into a screenplay.
  • Get informed about rights and the public domain.
  • Practice the fundamentals of formatting, beat sheets, bibles, act structure & more
  • Write at least one complete short script or 10-page scene adapted from prose.

Each student will also choose an adapation and lead a discussion about the good and the bad and what we can learn from both.