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SUMMARY:Scene Stealers: Details and Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Enhance your writing with the specific details and dialogue that bring scenes alive on the page!\nWhat makes a scene stay in your mind\, is it rhythmic language\, a character’s gesture\, or that line of dialogue? It’s in the details! The specificity\, the unexpected emotional turn\, the layered meaning of just one word. In this workshop\, we will study and practice the art of brevity and selective details in scene writing. We will study how sensorial language connects with readers and our imaginations as we write. And finally\, we will talk about the elements in scene work that create the voice of a piece. Each week we will read a section from Abigail Thomas’ Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life and discuss how she achieves the depth of feeling and voice in her short chapters. The in-class exercises can be used to develop existing work or create a new piece. Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life and discuss how she achieves the depth of feeling and voice in her short chapters. The in-class exercises can be used to develop existing work or create a new piece. Whether you write fiction\, memoir\, or personal essay\, your paragraphs will become more evocative! \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nDialogue\nEvocative details\nCharacter development\nNarrative arcs\nSentence structures\n\nTime requirements\n\nWe will read 60 pages of short essays each week\, likely an hour or two of reading outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nSafekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life\, Abigail Thomas\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for prose writers of all levels interested in developing their scene work through discussion\, lecture\, and in-class generative exercises.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/scene-stealers-details-and-dialogue/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:3 Sessions,All Levels,Mixed Genre,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:$40 Pop Up! On Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Conflict\, voice\, and pacing infuse dialogue with aliveness on the page. How do we make it look effortless? In this one-hour class\, we will discuss tools for effective dialogue: rhythm\, subtext\, word choice\, active language\, and verbal and physical reactions. We’ll consider what characters say to each other and what they keep hidden. And\, how experimenting with scene-work can lead to finding a character’s voice. We will practice with prompts that may inspire a new writing piece\, and/or bring a scene you’re working on in any genre.
URL:https://writer.org/event/40-pop-up-on-dialogue/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Fiction,Workshop,Zoom
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