{"product_id":"strange-world-a-david-lynch-writing-workshop","title":"STRANGE WORLD: A DAVID LYNCH WRITING WORKSHOP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eSTRANGE WORLD: A DAVID LYNCH WRITING WORKSHOP \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 5x2 hour workshops (10 hours total) plus optional film viewings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorkshop Recording Date\u003c\/strong\u003e: Oct 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFacilitator\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sophie Robinson \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a white picket-fenced suburbia of perfectly pruned rose bushes and manicured lawns, the discovery of a decapitated ear interrupts the idyll. So begins David Lynch’s 1986 film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlue Velvet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStrange World is a Devotion’s love letter to Lynch’s cinematic universe.  Each of the five workshops takes a single Lynch film a springboard for the week’s promos and techniques, transforming the cinematic into a a writing practice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Like Lynch, we will over the course of these sessions turn toward the shadows – both our personal shadows, and the shadows of the world at large. We'll work with ideas of dream, imagination, the underworld and shifting and splitting realities. We'll write from prompts based on the films and their network of references and ideas.  And we’ll explore what happens when we make eye contact with the things that frighten us the most. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDoubling, mirroring and parallel worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorking with dream, vision and nightmare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtended metaphor and allegory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubtext and speech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating powerful imagery and themes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorking with metafiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTRUCTURE \u0026amp; FILMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach week is organised around a single film, and it can be helpful to watch the film in advance, but clips are shown and context explained throughout, so it isn’t essential. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeek One: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Straight Story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1999)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeek Two: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlue Velvet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1986)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeek Three: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1984)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeek Four: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLost Highway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1997)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeek Five: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2001) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREDUX\/\/RECORDINGS FROM THE DEVOTION WORKSHOP ARCHIVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eREDUX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is your chance to dip into our archive of workshop recordings and purchase past courses at a lower rate to take in your own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach workshop will take you through a series of writing prompts and allow you to write in “real” time along with live participants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon purchase you will receive an email with a link to all course materials, and a password. Purchase of the course grants you 12 months access to all the video recordings of the workshop, as well as extensive written and audio materials, prompts, and further reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOPHIE ROBINSON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a poet, novelist, nonfiction writer and teacher. She is the author of Prairie Oyster (2026) and Rabbit (2018). Her writing has been published in Granta, The Guardian, Stylist, BOMB Magazine, The Believer, N+1, The Poetry Review and The White Review. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSophie founded Devotion in 2020 as a radical, inclusive and accessible creative writing workshop space. 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