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educator

residencies
Rebecca conducts workshops and residencies in writing centers, libraries, colleges, and universities throughout the United States

Recipient of the N. C. Governor's Award for Excellence in Education, Rebecca currently serves on the MFA faculties of Queens University (Charlotte) and Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA.

Rebecca with students at Pacific Lutheran University
Rebecca teaching at Pacific Lutheran University in 2023
workshops
"In my workshops, I am not interested in 'fixing' so-called flawed texts; fixing is the work of morticians."

I am interested in helping writers discover what their drafts want to be when they grow up. How do we locate the essay hiding within the messay, the memoir stalled on a ME-more track, the poem trying to sing its way out of the journal's pages?

Rebecca McClanahan
3 ways to work with rebecca
1) Enroll in an MFA program

Queens University, Charlotte

2) Contact Rebecca to arrange a workshop in your area
3) Read Rebecca's books and articles of writing instruction

-Word Painting: The Fine Art of Writing Descriptively

-Write Your Heart Out