In Short: Make your words sing. Make them keyword worthy, fiery paper arrows of beauty, darkness, criticism, complaint, love.
A class on writing arresting prose by LWL, compared to Renata Adler and Elizabeth Hardwick, called “ingenious and a tad revolutionary” in the LARB
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Contact: louisewleonard@gmail.com
Memory has a way of reducing people to their essence, like a piece of sea glass honed to a bright, beautiful nub. For Leonard, the statement is a literary ethos." Amanda Fortini,LARB
A haunting book composed or elegant and brief portraits. Harsh and sweet and very funny, in spots as hard to rea as it is to put down. – Will Eno
Leonard’s great achievement is her plotting, her control, skillful withholding and the pace with which she reveals story and. Intimacy is eked out over stretches – American Book Review
Winner of the James Jones First Novel Award, Finalist, Prize in Modern Letters, optioned for film, Best Book of the Year
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One on one sessions for editing, assessment or discussion and advice bout publication and moving your work forward
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We meet on Zoom 7pm ET every week for three weeks, with one week breaks.
Fee is $25 a week, sliding scale
