Free Gen for February: Megan Lederman

The Free Generative Writing Workshops provide a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all levels and stages of life. Our goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa City. Every month a new writer leads a generative workshop, presenting a prompt inspired by their own preoccupations, passions, or interests.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry and PorchLight Literary Arts Center.

This month's leader: Megan Lederman

Date: Sunday, February 15, 5:30-7 pm Central (3:30 P, 4:30 M, 6:30 E)

Platforms: You're invited to attend online or in person

• To attend online, register HERE. After registering, the Zoom link will be automatically emailed to you
• To attend in person, please join us at PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 1019 E. Washington, Iowa City. 

Megan Lederman: I am a writer and teacher originally from eastern Iowa. A Teach For America alumna and Fulbright Scholar, I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews. With eight years of teaching experience, I have moved back to Iowa to teach college writing and finish my novel-in-progress, Spaña. In this generative workshop, we'll focus on discovering and writing 'beat.’ Everywhere has a beat. From your living room to Kinnick Stadium, even a winter-dead corn field and the very plot of your story. If 'beat' were a visual art, it would be sculpture. The tactile aspect of your story. Together, we'll work through activities that expose and lean into the beat that is already live in your writing.