SWRT 295 | Writers Book Club: Gina Berriault

April 11, 2024

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Read The Woman in the Rose Colored Dress

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SHOW NOTES

What we talked about:

(00:00) This is the story works round table where we discuss craft

(01:20) Such a short story, and there’s so much to unpack

(03:16) The first sentence encapsulates everything this story is about. So we get that transitional moment between childhood and womanhood

(07:12) Summer session of group coaching for novelists is now open

(14:31) There’s a really interesting comment about women’s relationships in this book

(22:04) The length of this story is remarkable. Which is one of its strengths

(27:44) The narrator and her father have a pivotal scene when the woman comes in

(33:23) This short story reads almost like a memoir. Um, I know it’s fiction

(38:15) Storyworks roundtable discusses Anton Chekhov’s Russian novels

Read the Chekhov Story Here

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Alida Winternheimer is an award-winning author with an MFA in writing from Hamline University. She pursues her fervor for all things story as a writing coach, developmental editor, and teacher. Two of her short stories were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of The Story Works Guide to Writing Fiction Series. Alida lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her Golden Retriever, Seva the Wonder Dog. She camps, bikes, and kayaks in her free time. Unless it’s winter, in which case she drinks chai by the fire. You can find more at www.alidawinternheimer.com.

Kathryn Arnold writes fantasy and anything else that sparks her creativity from her home in Kingston, Washington. She currently earns her living as an insurance underwriting assistant, where she also creates marketing and web copy. When not writing, she plays (and teaches) piano and keyboard in a band (or two), and is working on starting a ministry team with her husband. You can find Kathryn at www.skyfirewords.com.

Robert Scanlon was born in Australia, but whisked off to England when only a baby. After many years complaining about the weather, he did the sensible thing and moved back to Australia. Despite a career in the music industry, followed by decades teaching public speaking, Robert is an introvert who adores reading. Robert grew up on a diet of sci-fi masters, eventually discovering he had read the library’s entire science fiction section. Now he has to write his own. Robert is the author of Constellation, book one of the Blood Empire space opera series. Find out more at www.RobertScanlon.com