{"id":4304,"date":"2018-11-05T20:02:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2018-11-05T20:02:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:02:18","slug":"published-author-shares-time-with-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/11\/05\/published-author-shares-time-with-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Published author shares time with students"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Sierra Force ’20, staff writer<\/p>\n

Jen Michalski, a published fiction writer, spent a week on Lebanon Valley College\u2019s campus in conjunction with the English department\u2019s visiting writer\u2019s series, \u201cWriting: A Life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michalski hosted a reading, Q&A session, creative writing workshop and colloquium from Oct. 15-19.<\/p>\n

Her first event was a public reading in Bishop Library Atrium. She read chapters and excerpts from her own work before taking questions from the audience. This gave insight into her writing routine and when her life-long passion first began.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote my first story when I was 4 or 5 years old on a piece of folded paper,\u201d Michalski said. \u201cMy writing is how I analyze the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michalski also shared that she does not write a first or second draft of her work, but instead has small drafts that come together toward the end of the writing process. Furthermore, she does not believe in outlining her stories, but rather lets the story take control and unfold more naturally.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t choose your stories, your stories choose you,\u201d Michalski said.<\/p>\n

Later, books were for sale in the library for attendees to purchase.<\/p>\n

Michalski\u2019s creative writing workshop was held for all LVC student writers both new and old. Her prompts were textual, visual and auditory. She helped the workshop writers take inspiration from the tension found in advice columns and the scenery of photographs as well as the lyrics and sounds within songs.<\/p>\n

Michalski believes that advice columns are one of the best ways to gain story ideas, since the tension of the scenarios is present and can influence characterization.<\/p>\n

The final event Jen Michalski hosted was her colloquium talk titled, \u201cThe Writer Warrior: Reclaiming Our Narratives.\u201d The hour-long talk discussed the ways in which writing has influenced and inspired Michalski\u2019s voice, as well as what it can do for other writers\u2019 voices. Michalski\u2019s writing is a way of making her voice known.<\/p>\n

During the presentation, she quoted many famous and well-established writers, such as Ta-Nehisi Coates, Anne Frank, Toni Morrison and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone for allowing me to be here and for allowing me to share my story,\u201d Michalski, at the conclusion of her lecture, said.<\/p>\n

The English department staff and students enjoyed Jen Michalski\u2019s well-deserved time on campus and is eager to present the next visiting writer and more writing opportunities<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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