Using Details in Your Writing: Reveal, Complicate, Surprise, Disturb!
Tue, Dec 16
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What do we mean when we say "detail"? What can a detail do? How can we pick the "right" detail to use? In this class, we'll generate details via prompts and decide where and how to use them, as well as look at what the absence of detail can do.
Time & Location
Dec 16, 2025, 4:00 PM AKST – Dec 17, 2025, 6:00 AM AKST
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About the event
What do we mean when we say "detail"? What can a detail do? How can we pick the "right" detail to use? In this class, we'll generate details via prompts and decide where and how to use them, as well as look at what the absence of detail can do. We'll look at fiction by Emma Cline (Daddy: Short Stories, The Girls, The Guest), Elisa Albert (How This Night is Different, Afterbirth) and more.
Join us for two hours of conversation and practice with writing detail. Learn about writing craft tools you can use. Discover examples of excellent detail writing in other contemporary literature. Learn from an expert writer and detail celebrator! All are welcome. Bring your imposter syndrome or bring your hubris. Tongass Mist Writing classes are for everyone.
About Your Teacher, Chanel Dubofsky
Chanel Dubofsky (she/her) lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her writing on gender, sexuality, reproductive health, and…
