Sentence Bootcamp

There is no human technology more incredible, or more vital, than the sentence. As the world around us turns increasingly to machines to write them, there's no better way to assert, to insist upon our humanity than to give form to our thoughts. In this one-day workshop, we'll focus on form, starting with a basic but vital distinction between two kinds of sentences, hypotactic and paratactic (do not be alarmed by the Greek, they're really quite simple). From there, we'll explore an array of syntactical models with brief craft lectures, group reading of examples, and in-class writing exercises. Throughout, we'll aim to diversify our own toolkits, working free from our own sentence-making habits (or ruts?) and developing the confidence to experiment with new forms and make new meanings.