The Muse & the Marketplace 2016

From stories about historical figures to those based on family histories, this session will explore how to breathe life into true events and offer them the flexibility to work in your fiction. We will discuss how to weave research, imagination, and personal experience to create a strong story arc and compelling characters. Through guided writing exercises, class discussion, and Q and A, students will gain a firmer grasp of their personal vision and discover creative energy in the tension between the lives in our histories and those unfolding on the page.