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SUMMARY:Twists\, Turns\, and Call-backs: How to Shape Your Story with Marcela Fuentes
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series\nShape your story into something unforgettable\n\nLearn how from award-winning author Marcela Fuentes\n\n\nSaturday(s)\, October 4 & 11\, 10-11:30am CT\, online via Zoom\nNonmember $90; Member $75; Student $63  *EARN CPEs  \nSeats are limited—register today\n \n  \nWhat You’ll Learn\n\n       Knowledge of specific story shapes\n       Effective use of images\n       Understanding of how to weave in detail without losing momentum\n\n“[F]ind your writer friends. You’ll keep each other writing no matter what life throws at you.”—Marcela Fuentes\nWant to learn how to strategically use story shapes to create dynamic arcs and a satisfying plot that your reader can’t stop reading? Join us for this Literary Masters Lecture! Each session features an engaging craft talk\, actionable writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nIn this two-part intensive lecture\, award-winning fiction writer Marcela Fuentes will share how to pick an excellent shape for your story\, create a strong opening\, and evoke striking images. She’ll also provide craft tools and ideas you can practice on your own following the lecture. \n\nAbout Marcela Fuentes \nMarcela is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist. Her debut novel Malas won the Texas Institute of Letters First Fiction Prize and the National Cowboy Museum & Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Western Novel. The book was longlisted for the Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was featured in The New York Times\, Washington Post\, People\, Elle Magazine\, and Texas Monthly. Malas was Good Morning America Book Club’s pick for June 2024. She is an associate professor at TCU in Fort Worth. She was born and raised in Del Rio\, Texas.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/how-to-shape-your-story/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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