Writing
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4 courses
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Write Your Life Story!
Nobody on Earth knows your story better than you—not your family, your friends, or anyone with whom you work. Some may think there’s nothing in their lives that’s spectacular enough to write about. While that may be true for some, it’s beside the point. Telling your story provides those you love with a much better understanding about who you are, and where you came from. It could also tell them something about themselves! Josh Langston, bestselling novelist, editor, and long-time OLLI instructor will lead the class through the process of writing a memoir, from organization to execution, and just about everything in between. His humorous, easy-reading textbook, The Naked Truth! is required and available on Amazon.com.
OfferingTuesdays Starts Tue, Jan 12, 2027 $119
- Meets
- Tuesdays
- Dates
- Jan 12 – Mar 2, 2027
- Time
- 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
- Sessions
- 8 sessions
- Price
- $119
- Where
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
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Write your novel, NOW!
Discover the tricks and techniques novelist, Josh Langston uses to produce a new novel every year. Learn how to write a gripping novel using story-telling techniques; gain insight on different styles of writing and tools for editing. Participants will also receive tips on finding an agent, editor, and publisher. Required textbook: The Naked Novelist! available on Amazon.
OfferingTuesdays Starts Tue, Jan 12, 2027 $119
- Meets
- Tuesdays
- Dates
- Jan 12 – Mar 2, 2027
- Time
- 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
- Sessions
- 8 sessions
- Price
- $119
- Where
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
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Publish Your Own Book
This course focuses on the many facets of independent publishing. In addition to the most common forms, novels and memoirs, the instructor will offer expertise in developing other subject material and alternative formats. Students will have the opportunity to find the best platform for their work, and develop useful publishing strategies.
OfferingThursdays Starts Thu, Jan 14, 2027 $119
- Meets
- Thursdays
- Dates
- Jan 14 – Mar 4, 2027
- Time
- 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
- Sessions
- 8 sessions
- Price
- $119
- Where
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
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Reading the Odyssey
The Odyssey is foundational to the Western Canon of Literature. Parse meaning and insights of the archetypal hero in his physical and psychological journey home, with fantastical daemons and celestial guardians, as mythical traveler on the sea and in descent to the underworld, participant in existential battles of the gods and mortals, murder, memory. loss. Study symbols and rituals, rhetorical structure and narrative voices to define the heroic, archetypal themes, and the human condition in extremis. This compelling story has been reborn and retold to the present day. Required reading: The Odyssey (Wilson, Fagels or Latimore editions).
OfferingThursdays Starts Thu, Apr 1, 2027 $159
- Meets
- Thursdays
- Dates
- Apr 1 – Jun 3, 2027
- Time
- 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Sessions
- 10 sessions
- Price
- $159
- Where
- KSU Center, Kennesaw
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