Fiction Workshop

At the Fiction Workshop, mentees and mentors learn how to develop a fictional scene including key details about the setting, character, and plot. Workshop leaders also teach about story arc and character transformation through additional writing exercises; and reading excerpts include authors such as Ursula Hegi, Guy de Maupassant, and GWN mentor and Young Adult author Lynda Curnyn.

Next Fiction Workshop:
“Around My Neighborhood”: Short Story
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Workshops Leaders:
Erica Dolland, Kimberly Foote, Neesha Meminger, Stacy Noble, Emma Straub, Ibi Zoboi

Special Guest Authors:
Ramola D, Temporary Lives
Hannah Tinti, The Good Thief and Animal Crackers

Acknowledgements:
Delta Fiction, One Story magazine, Teen Ink Magazine, Verizon Pioneers

Past Craft Talk Speakers:
Nellie Hermann, The Cure for Grief
Karen Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Lisi Harrison, The Clique series
Micol Ostow, So Punk Rock
Judy Goldschmidt, Will the Real Raisin Rodriguez Please Stand Up?

Inspired by the Fiction Workshop:
“Nancy” by Flor Altamirano
“Encounter” by Clio Contogenis