More Than Meets the Eye Writing the OTHER Four Senses
Saturday, Nov 5, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
More Than Meets the Eye
Writing the OTHER Four Senses
Marian Szczepanski
A sure-fire way to captivate your readers is with concrete details–BUT describing the appearance of a person, place or thing is just the beginning. Your characters, like your readers, have four other senses—hearing, taste, smell and touch—and each one offers you countless opportunities to render those characters’ experiences more vividly. By extension, the reader’s experience of fiction, memoir, and/or creative nonfiction embedded with sensory details will be deeper, more compelling, even downright visceral. We’ll read and discuss examples of sensory detail from such contemporary writers as Anthony Doerr, Lily King, Michael Ondaatje, Chitra Divakaruni and Lauren Groff. The class also will include writing prompts for using sensory details in new or in-progress work. Please bring a laptop or paper and pen to class. Handout provided with excerpts, writing exercises and bibliography of works cited. STUDENTS SHOULD READ THE VERY SHORT STORY “BRILLIANT MISTAKE” (IN HANDOUT) BEFORE CLASS.
Event Location
Center for Nonprofits
1200 W. Wanut St. Suite 1260
Rogers, Arkansas 72756
Event Fees:
Fee $ 25.00
Registration is closed for this event.
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