Oblique Strategies (subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas) is a card-based method for promoting creativity. Created by musician/artist Brian Eno and multimedia artist Peter Schmidt, these oblique strategies have been used to create everything from innovative ambient work to the experimental pop records of David Bowie. 

In this workshop, we will explore how these oblique strategies can be applied to generate new writing and transform old work that feels clichêd or uninteresting. Bring work you feel is stuck, or show up ready to create. Either way, expect to walk away from the workshop with several inspiring strategies you can apply to your work and a fresh perspective on the power of playful experimentation.

Your facilitator:

Daniel J. Cecil is a writer and teacher in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Heavy Feather Review, The LA Review of Books, Barrelhouse, Miracle Monocle, and The Stranger among other notable publications. His fiction has been nominated for a pushcart, was long listed for the Dzanc Fiction Prize, short-listed for the Yes Yes Books open reading period, and has received the support of several residencies. 

Daniel teaches travel writing and literature for Emerson College at their Limburg campus and is the founder of Honing House, an English-language, community-centered, and empathy-led educational resource that was built for writers all over the world.