New Instructor Leslie Parry joins W.W.L.A.

Writing Workshops Los Angeles is proud to introduce a second instructor to its roster: the wonderful and talented Leslie Parry, who will be teaching the 8-week Short Fiction Workshop in early 2010 (details forthcoming).

Ms. Parry holds a BFA from New York University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction.  She has taught writing at the University of Iowa, the Iowa Arts Summer Program, Vroman’s Bookstore’s Education Program, and was a featured speaker at the Midwest Literary Festival.  Her fiction has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review.  She is currently at work on a novel.

Leslie Parry

Here’s what Leslie has to say about the short fiction workshop, and her role as instructor:

In class, we will aim to both liberate and discipline our creative minds.  We’ll work to discover and have faith in our unique visions of the world while concurrently addressing the fundamentals of form and technique.  The myth of the fickle muse will be abandoned, and in her place we’ll foster curiosity, bravery, and diligence.  No style or school of thought is favored above the other; the goal is to cultivate and inspire every writer’s individual voice.  Through weekly exercises and rigorous workshops, students will be challenged to be the best writers they can be, no matter where they are on their path.

Stay tuned for course schedule and enrollment details. Email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com to join the mailing list.