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The Muse and the Marketplace begins this Friday, May 10! Attendee schedules are now frozen for printing; if you did not sign up for sessions in advance or wish to make a change, never fear: you’ll be able to join sessions on the fly as well by checking in with the Session Manager at the door. For completely full sessions, the Session Manager will use their discretion on whether additional seating and/or standing room will be available per fire code. We cannot wait to host you at the Boston Park Plaza for an incredible weekend ahead!
Friday, May 10 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Ultimate Craft Class: Solving the Mysteries of Character, Chronology and Plot.
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In this fast-paced lecture, we will focus on how to step back from your sentences so that you can find your story. That only happens when you start thinking about the larger issues of Character, Plot, and Chronology. Discovering your character’s desires, and their inhibitions, is a direct link to plot. Finding the chain of consequence that drives the plot is the key to figuring out how to tell the story. Too often, classes focus on just one aspect of craft, without realizing that these elements are intimately linked, and can only be solved by thinking about them in relation to one another. This would be the ultimate cheat code to story, and we will aim to explore it in our time together.
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Steve Almond

Author, BAD STORIES
Steve Almond is the author of a dozen books, including the NYT bestsellers "Candyfreak" and "Against Football." His new book, "Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow," is about craft, inspiration, and how to overcome the anxieties and inhibitions that keep us from doing our deepest... Read More →

Friday May 10, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Whittier
  Fiction

Attendees (80)