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Join author Jennifer Solheim (JP) for a workshop on incorporating the political into fiction.
Many of us feel a tension between creating fictional work and engaging directly with the problems we face. Ideally, we find ways of bringing these concerns into our fiction. But even if the issue affects us directly, how should we approach writing fiction about large social and political concepts? How do we make the political particular to our characters and their time and place? And how do we balance our righteous indignation with the curiosity and humility necessary to good storytelling? In this generative workshop, through prompted freewriting and exercises, we will each develop a bank of socially and politically related objects and images to draw from in our fiction, as well as develop a character, setting, and situation specific to a social or political issue.
In partnership with StoryStudio Chicago.
This event will be held live online using Zoom. Once you have registered, check your email the day of the program for a link to join the meeting.
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Book & Author | Adult Learning |
TAGS: | Northbrook Writes |