Fiction starts with conflict generated by a profound disturbance to an ordinary world. The coronavirus pandemic we’re living through has provided disturbance aplenty. That disturbance in real life can feel unbearably weighty, a sometimes cruel combination of chaos and fate. Our job as artists, and writers are artists, is to give that chaos form by […]

You probably didn’t wish for an inciting incident, like this coronavirus,  to come along and disturb your world, but it did. Here it is. Here we are.  Taking a writing class, or any class that promotes creative expression in this disturbing time, could help you feel you’ve recovered some agency over a world that can […]

Need a break from the corona virus stay-at-home blues? What better time than this to get some writing done. If you’re looking for a class to help you make progress on your writing projects I’m teaching three this spring that you might consider. The first class, UW Continuum Fiction: Character, will be taught using Zoom […]

Looking for a writing class this winter, January 2020? I will be teaching three classes, each offering different options. Take a look. Recommend these to a friend. If you have any questions, please contact me at: sdriscol@uw.edu. (See below for the three options.)     Winter 2020 Advanced Writing: Character The winter class will begin […]

Our day in Matera has to go down as a visit to one of the most unique places in Europe. Put in more cinematic terms, to walk around in Citte Sotterenea, as the old town is called, is to feel like you’ve time-traveled back to an early Christian town in the Holy Land. Located in […]