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So You Want to Write a Novel
So You Want to Write a Novel
Instructor: Barbara Shoup
4 Wednesdays: Feb. 8, March 14,
April 11, May 9
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Where do ideas from novels come from?  How are novels made?  In this monthly workshop with Barbara Shoup, WCI executive director, would-be novelists will explore the craft of novel writing as it is related to their own works-in-progress through writing exercises, focused reading, and discussion. Recommended reading: Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process, by Barbara Shoup and Margaret-Love Denman.
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Speculative Fiction
In-Depth Speculative Fiction
Instructor: Maurice Broaddus
4 Mondays:  February 6, 13, 20, & 27
 7-9 p.m.
Over four weeks we’ll look at four areas to get us started in our writing: Brainstorming, World Building, Outlining, and Dialogue.  We will whip ideas into shape, think through themes, and otherwise figure out what will make your story different.  We will go over a basic checklist of things to think through as you build the universe for your characters to play in.  We will hammer out some overall structure to our respective sprawling epics.  We will examine dialogue and give your characters distinctive voices. (Speculative Fiction beginning writers welcome.)
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Show, don't tell
Show Don’t Tell
Instructor: Barbara Shoup
Tuesday, February 7
7-9:30 p.m.
Using imagery to convey ideas and information you want the reader to know is fundamental to all good writing --and achieving it can be maddening, whether you are a beginning or experienced writer. Join WCI Executive Director Barbara Shoup for a series of writing exercises guaranteed to help both poets and prose writers get a better handle on that "show, don't tell" thing.
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