Nonfiction writer, educator, and Debt Collective member Kristin Collier will be offering a two-part creative writing workshop focused on telling your debt story. In part one of the workshop, we’ll look at sample writing, discuss focus, structure, language, and research, and do some writing and experimentation together. You’ll leave the session with a plan to write an extended essay about your experiences. In part two of the workshop, we’ll bring in a rough draft– or the start of a rough draft– and share our work with one another, receiving whatever feedback feels most helpful. At the conclusion of that workshop, we’ll also talk about what to do with the essay next— what direction to take it in, how and where you might receive more feedback, and what steps you might take to publish the work if you’d like to. The sessions will run from 7:30 – 9pm ET / 4:30 – 6pm PT.

Part I  – Oct 15th at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT
Part II – Oct 22nd at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT