Fishtrap Workshop: Ephemeral Moments That Endure

Writing Workshop: Ephemeral Moments that Endure
An Online Micro Essay Workshop with E.M. (Lizzie) Sloan
Live online 6:00-7:30pm
Registration $180 ($160 for Fishtrappers)
https://fishtrap.org/microessay-workshop-sloan-march2022/

In the vein of flash/micro/brevity nonfiction, this workshop will play with isolated scenes that you find are buried deep in the recesses of your mind, your heart, your soul. Dig into the hollows and bring to light those hidden flickers of memory/experience. We will dip into the popular topic of nostalgia (covid trauma seems to have reawakened this psychology) by enlivening our senses through writing prompts of ephemeral moments.  Whether you are rib-deep in a work in progress, or ready to start up again, or just want to have fun writing without a monumental goal hanging over you, this workshop should help keep your ideas flowing and ink dripping. Dig, dip, and drip. Let’s go!

E.M. (Lizzie) Sloan’s historical nonfiction book, When Songbirds Returned to Paris (Fawkes Press), investigates the life of her relative, Cecily Lefort, a British spy in France during World War II. Lizzie previously taught The Creative Mind at the University of Idaho, and continues to research, write, and make art in her studio in Moscow, Idaho. The working title for her collection of essays-in-progress is Heading Toward Home: Four o’clock in the Morning Vignettes and Stories that Might be True. She is also Associate Director with Blue Sage Writing, offering workshops and one-on-one coaching. Blue Sage Writing is headquartered in the foothills of the Rockies in Longmont, Colorado.