Lynne Barrett
Three-day Workshop
Understanding Plot
Meets daily, Wednesday, May 6 - Friday, May 8 | 6 - 9 p.m.

MDC, Wolfson Campus

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Understanding plot can guide you to the heart of your story and help you as you revise. We will cover the basics of plot and structure, then go more deeply into strategies for assessing and replotting your work. We’ll look at recognition, reversal, scenic development, active characters, the presentation of time, use of place, and resolution. These concepts apply to fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and any form that uses story.

Facilitator
Lynne Barrett is the author of two books of short stories, The Secret Names of Women and The Land of Go, and co-editor of the anthology Birth: A Literary Companion. A winner of the Edgar Award for best Mystery Short Story and recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals, including Miami Noir.

Date and Time
Meets daily, Wednesday, May 6 - Friday, May 8 | 6 - 9 p.m.

This is a Community Education (non-credit) course.

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