This generative craft class explores how photography can transform visual storytelling in fiction. We’ll consider how images can guide a story, and how composition and light can shape voice, character, and point of view on the page. Through writing prompts and class discussion, we’ll engage with hybrid monographs as well as the work of Curran Hattleberg, Sally Mann, Tina Barney, Alec Soth, Joy Williams, and more.
Hilary Bell is a writer from Nashville, Tennessee. An ASME National Magazine Award Finalist, she has received fellowships and support from The University of Iowa, The Kenyon Review, and The Tennessee Arts Commission. Her work has appeared in American Short Fiction and has twice been awarded the grand jury prize at The Nashville International Film Festival. Winner of The Porch Prize and The Stanley Award for International Research, she holds an M.F.A. in fiction from The Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has taught creative writing at the University of Iowa, where she was a postgraduate screenwriting fellow. She lives back home in Nashville and is represented by Julie Barer at The Book Group.
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