What separates a great story from a humdrum one is not what happens but how you shape what happens into a compelling whole. This workshop gives you the tools you need to tell great stories, guiding you through the process. You will learn how to spot or invent a good story, how to create memorable and believable characters who come alive in their words and actions, how to describe settings so vividly your reader can live in them, how to chose and construct the scenes that build your story and how to create the sense of anticipation that keeps readers reading. We will also discuss revision and the basics of marketing your work. Through exercises, assignments and discussions of student work, you will master the elements of story telling and develop the critical skills so crucial to polishing your work.

Whether you write fiction, memoir or nonfiction narrative, have just begun telling stories or have work in progress, this class will offer you a supportive and inspiring place to have your stories heard and learn how to tell them best.

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