Story Works Round Table with Alida Winternheimer | Conversations About Craft

Nov 28, 2019

Alida, Kathryn, & Robert continue the conversation about Edwidge Danticat’s book, The Art of Death.

• How does personal experience inform writing about death?
• Various elements have important roles in death scenes, including time, imagery, and memory.
• The process of grief and carrying on.
• The ordinary instant.
• Making...

Nov 21, 2019

Alida, Robert, & Kathryn discuss writing death and dying. We all read Edwidge Danticat's book The Art of Death, in Graywolf Press's Art of Series. The slim volume is our jumping off point for delving into the role of death in relation to character arcs, plot, the writer's journey, and the effect these scenes can have...

Nov 14, 2019

We welcome Judy K Walker, author of the Sydney Brennan Mysteries, to the Story Works Round Table this week to discuss strong female protagonists. What is a strong female protagonist? What traits define her? Can she be feminine and strong? Does the genre shape the protagonist? How do readers react to Sydney Brennan, a...

Nov 7, 2019

We welcome Judy K Walker, author of the Sydney Brennan Mysteries, to the Story Works Round Table this week to discuss strong female protagonists. What is a strong female protagonist? What traits define her? Can she be feminine and strong? Does the genre shape the protagonist? How do readers react to Sydney Brennan, a...