The Long and Short of It Presents: Vocation of Location, a multi-genre generative workshop

Join the editors of The Long and Short of It literary journal for a short discussion bollowed by a generative workshop and unique publishing opportunity. What is Vocation of Location? It can be many things, but those answers tend to be personal and wide-ranging. Yet a sense of place can hold immense meaning within writing both literal and metaphorical. A place can feel as alive as the people populating it. A sense of place invokes atmosphere, themes, and reader immersion. Place can reflect emotion and create worlds while grounding readers. Indeed, the importance of place in writing is unquestionable, yet its possibilities offer endless versatility. A sense of place can be found across all genres, and even those bridging the gap between genres.

In this session, you’ll hear from the four editors of The Long and Short of It about how place plays a role in their own writing and why Door County is an inspirational location to consider place in writing. We will open the discussion to all participants to share how a sense of place influences their work, or how they hope to utilize place in future writing. Following our discussion, we will have a series of flash writing prompts applicable to all genres. Those willing to share with the group are welcome to do so. Bring a positive attitude and your preferred writing tools!

Unique Publishing Opportunity Every month, The Long and Short of It publishes three flash pieces of 300 words or less, followed by one long-form entry of 5,000 – 10,000 words. Each month’s publications refelct a specific theme. We will be opening submissions for Vocation of Location theme exclusively to participants in this workshop. This means we will accept three flash pieces and one long-form piece to publish from the participants interested in submitting.

Class meets in person Wednesday, April 24, 5:30 – 7 pm.

Class size: Minimum 5, maximum 25.

Member discount: Members of Write On receive a 10% discount on all classes and workshops. To become a member, please click here. To receive the discount, members must log in to the website using their unique password and enter member10 in the promotion code box. The code is case sensitive.

Teaching Artists: Mary Chuey Bishop, Joey Meyer, Cash Whitney, and Joshua Zeitler are four former MFA classmates whose friendship exceeds the bounds of genre. Together, they created The Long and Short of It literary journal. The Long and Short of It examines how different themes can be explored across genre and form. Every month, they choose an eclectic theme and publish three pieces of writing and one long-form piece as winners from their submissions.