Tayari's Blog: What An Inspiring Class

Posted by TayariJones on June 22, 2009 11:38 AM
Filed under The Writing Life

The Mighty Quails
Last week in Provincetown at the Fine Arts Work Center I led a workshop called "Tales From The Kidscape." At first, I was a little worried that teaching would sort of undermine the creative energy I had stored up from my month on Martha's Vineyard. I was worried for nothing. My class was made of up five remarkable women writers.

We were that rare class that just sort of clicked. I think it was because each of them approached the work of their classmates with an open and generous heart. All of us-- me included -- left Provincetown as a better writer than we were when we got there.

The snapshots above are mostly taken at the student readings when my class rocked the house. I was so proud that I thought I might just burst into flames. Their enthusiasm was contagious. After the class was over, I changed my plans, leaving P-town a day early so that I could get home and spend some quality time with my manuscript.

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