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Zainab Khadijah Karim

How to Write & Edit Personal Essays | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop

$229.00

We all have a story buried within us. How to Write and Edit Personal Essays taps into the well of words that we all have. It is the perfect course for writers who are enthusiastic about starting their writing life by using themselves as the nucleus of the story.

Through reading prominent writers such as Roxane Gay, Joan Didion, and Hilton Als, students will learn how to take themselves and their writing seriously, by pulling meaning out of the mundane.

Open to beginner and intermediate writers.

3 class sessions
Sundays, Oct. 19-Nov. 2 
1p-3p ET
10a-12p PT
12p-2p CT

All class meetings will be held via Zoom. For more information on how to download or use Zoom, please click here.

    Course Takeaways

    • Be open to writing about personal topics, sharing your writing through workshopping, and writing on the spot

    Course Expectations

    • Students can bring a first paragraph of a piece of fiction or non-fiction they are working on, but this isn't required. There will be plenty of time to write during the seminar!

    Course Skeleton

    • Week One: Choosing a Topic and Structure
    • Week Two: Writing and Critiquing
    • Week Three: How to Edit

    We offer full refunds for cancellation with written notice up until 7 days before your class start date. From 6 days to more than 24 hours before class begins, we offer a 25% refund. If you drop a class less than 24 hours before the class begins or after it has started, you are ineligible for a refund.

    By signing up for a class, you agree to our refund policy and code of conduct here.
    Meet Your Instructor

    Zainab Khadijah Karim

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    Zainab Khadijah Karim is an Assistant Professor of English at National-Louis University and a published writer. She has written for Ebony,/Jet Magazine, MadameNoire, Revelist, midnight & indigo, and other online writing platforms.

    She created and edited a series called Shape of Pleasure during the summer of 2020 featuring personal essays and poetry that explored how Black women centered pleasure in their lives.