Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015
2:30 – 5:30 pm
The Ink Spot/San Diego Writers, Ink
More info & registration

The difference between a ho-hum story and a page-turner is the writer’s ability to create dramatic, believable scenes. Scenes are what allow the reader to experience the action at the same time as the characters and take the reader from outside the story to the interior of the conflict. We’ll examine the elements that go into crafting successful scenes focusing on character, plot, purpose and transitions from narrative summary to scene and back again. For writers of fiction as well as nonfiction.

In this series of monthly workshops, we’ll explore the many and varied aspects of creative writing from the writer’s voice (what is it, how do you find it, and what do you do with it once you’ve discovered it?) to elements of style (sentences and other structures, telling details, show and tell), to questions of craft (plot vs. character, description vs. action, narrative strategies) and other literary nooks and crannies. Each workshop will include examples from noted writers, in-class exercises, lively dialogue exchanges and an opportunity to work with other writers in a supportive, friendly community.