This week on the Story Works Round Table, Alida and Robert talk about introducing characters to your readers on the page. After you’ve invested in your characters’ development, make sure you don’t skimp on the process of making introductions. There is a craft to making a solid first impression on your reader. One that doesn’t overwhelm with a dump of traits but spirals the details of a person, physical and intangible, in a meaningful way into the character’s first scene.
This week, Alida Winternheimer sits down with Jonathan Heide to discuss his personal essay, Eastern White Pine at the Corner of the Farm. Jonathan is an essayist, journalist, and writing professor based in Minneapolis, MN.
This week on the Story Works Round Table, Alida, Robert, & Kathryn talk about writing dystopian fiction when the world we’re living in seems dystopian. What does a dystopian story have to offer readers who already feel left out or beat down? Maybe…a lot.
Register for Memory Emotion Body and save your seat in this new writing workshop. We’re going to delve into the writer’s first tools…oneself! Get all the details and sign up at www.storyworksfiction.com
