Writing Classes and Memoir Workshops by Kimberly Garts Crum

Write your true story. Learn the craft. Join our writing community.

I am Kimberly Crum, owner and instructor at the Shape & Flow Writing studio at a repurposed slaughterhouse arts center in Louisville, Kentucky.  I enjoyed a social work career before getting my MFA in creative nonfiction. Now, I guide aspiring writers in the retelling of true stories, for publication or posterity.

My office studio is shuttered for now, due to COVID-19.  All workshops and seminars are meeting on the Zoom videoconferencing platform. I have jaunted awkwardly into the Zoom space, trying and failing, locking people in the waiting room, accidentally of course. Proud to say my learning curve on Zoom is flattening!  I lead a monthly legacy writing workshop on the first Wednesday evening of each month. Our next Zoom six-week personal essay workshop begins Wednesday, September 16.  

Write, share, listen, and learn.  

To inquire or enroll, e-mail me at shapeandflow@gmail.com 

Be Safe.  Be Healthy. Write Forward. 

Workshops

I want to improve my craft within a writing community.

Coaching

I want one-on-one help for my writing project.

Editing

I want an editor to help me develop and polish a manuscript.

Musings

Distracted

by Kimberly Crum, posted in Uncategorized

  DATELINE—April 22, 2020. Louisville, Kentucky In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the time between breakfast and lunch ______________________________________________________________________________________ Sheltering-in-place seems like an opportunity for a fabulous writing retreat. Alas, I find myself distracted, unable to adhere to my writing mantra, “Don’t wait to be inspired. Write to be inspired.” Time seems suspended. Unnatural. … Continue reading Distracted

Writing in the Time of Corona

by Kimberly Crum, posted in Uncategorized

Come together, virtually. Write now! Greetings from my home office—a high swivel stool at my kitchen breakfast bar. I love the way the light slants through this room and I can hear the birds singing, as if all is right with the world. Here I can easily distract myself when my writing inspiration wanes and I forget to listen to my own advice—”Don’t wait … Continue reading Writing in the Time of Corona

Consider the Lowly Hermit Crab

by Kimberly Crum, posted in Uncategorized

I first read about the hermit crab in Barbara Kingsolver’s essay collection, High Tide in Tucson. In this true story about a stowaway crustacean, Kingsolver creates a lively lyrical first person narrative, in which the crab becomes a metaphor for how creatures habituate to their environments. Indeed, the hermit crab makes good metaphor. When you feel cramped, find a new shell to call … Continue reading Consider the Lowly Hermit Crab

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“I have learned how creating scenes, using dialogue to move the story along, and integrating the setting with the characters can make your writing more engaging.”

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