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Writing with Film Workshop with Holly Willis Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 7pm ET

May 21, 2025

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This workshop invites participants to consider creative approaches to their writing practice using techniques borrowed from filmmakers. We will view a series of short films, derive their specific processes, and then use these to imagine new ways to compose. Combining viewing, discussion, and short writing prompts, the workshop offers a playful approach to writing both fiction and nonfiction.

Holly Willis is a writer and photographer who teaches at the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Her writing moves across arts journalism, creative nonfiction, poetry, and academic prose, and her photography explores the materiality of the image in a digital world. She has published two books about cinema, edited two collections of essays related to new media, and contributed to a variety of journals, from Variety to River Teeth and carte blanche. She is interested in artworks that investigate the interstices.

Willis’ Website: https://www.hollywillis.com

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