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Local professor and published author, Dr. John Vanderslice, is teaching a writing workshop!This is a FREE writing workshop! You do not have to attend every session. Please feel free to attend the sessions most applicable to your needs. Scheduled Tuesdays at 10:00 am in Program Space 1 (unless otherwise noted)
Session Topic Schedule:
Sept. 24th: Finding Time for Your Writing
- Ways to make time for writing fiction even in the busiest, fullest lives.
Oct. 1st: Generating Fictional Scenarios
- How to get started and keep elaborating on what you've started.
Oct. 8th: Developing characters
- Techniques for creating fictional people who really seem alive.
Oct. 15th: Writing Effective Settings
- How to make tangible the settings that exist in your head.
Oct. 22nd: Writing Dialogue
- Techniques for writing dialogue for those who struggle with it; ways to improve dialogue for those who are already good at it.
Oct. 29th: Inventing Plots
- Finding a story structure that engages a reader.
Nov. 12th: Long Form Fiction Writing
- Ideas about, and techniques for, developing a story idea into a novel.
Nov. 19th: Line Editing Fiction
- Some practical and specific techniques to make your fiction as tight as possible, line by line.
Dec. 3rd: Shaping and Revising Fiction
- How to improve a piece of writing on a broad, big-picture scale.
Dec. 10th: Publishing Your Fiction
- Getting your work out into the world and finding an audience.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Faulkner County Library, 1900 Tyler St,Conway,AR,United States
