A big part of becoming a good writer is honing your ability to see. It's not just a matter of accurately visualizing persons or places. Bringing that person or place to life on the page, and with feeling, requires that the writer consider the role of shading, contrast, perspective, and composition--all techniques in the visual artist's toolkit. In this seminar we will see how these (and other) visual artist techniques are used in successful nonfiction and do writing prompts, (and quick sketches), to apply them to our own work.