Fiction, fiction, fiction. Check out the last of our fiction panels at this years Winter Wheat!<\/p>\n
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\u201cGood Girl\/Bad Girl: Creating Complexity in Female Characters,\u201d with Bridget Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n Have you ever begun reading a novel and known exactly what to expect from the female characters? Have you ever wondered why your own female characters seem static, clich\u00e9, unreal? It can be tempting to fit fiction women into archetypes\u2014making them \u201cgood girls\u201d or \u201cbad girls.\u201d In this workshop, we\u2019ll look at the work of female writers, from Emily Bronte to Jeanette Winterson to Elena Ferrante, who center their stories on unruly, difficult, and complicated women. We\u2019ll examine the techniques each writer uses to develop character, and spend time creating unforgettable female characters of our own.<\/p>\n Bridget Adams<\/strong><\/strong> is currently a first-year student pursuing her MFA in creative writing at Bowling Green State University. Her work has appeared in The Susquehanna Review<\/em> and OPUS magazine<\/em>. She is a winner of SUNY Geneseo Awards in Fiction and Poetry.<\/p>\n (this workshop will be held on Saturday, November 5th<\/sup> from 9:30-10:45am<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select C1<\/strong> when you register!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMagic in the Making,\u201d with Nathaniel Meals<\/strong><\/p>\n This workshop begins with a general, if abbreviated, introduction to magical realism as a genre, its post-WWII Latin American origins, its rise in popularity, and its present place in world literature. From there, the focus will shift to a discussion of the typical features of a magical realist fiction. Using notable texts authored by some chief practitioners of the genre, we will explore how these devices are employed and to what aesthetic ends. Finally, the workshop will close with a few short writing exercises to get your magical juices flowing.<\/p>\n Nathaniel Meals<\/strong> <\/strong>is a first-year graduate student in creative writing at BGSU. He grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, and attended Duquesne University, where he studied English and philosophy.<\/p>\n (this workshop will be held on Saturday, November 5th<\/sup> from 9:30-10:45am<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select C5<\/strong>\u00a0when you register!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCreating Your Fictional Hometown,\u201d with Eric Wasserman<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEvery good writer has a conflicted relationship with the place where he grew up.\u201d Kevin Kline could not have spoken truer words in the movie\u00a0Orange County<\/em>. Do you struggle with wanting to write autobiographical fiction? Is where you grew up crucial to those stories, but you can\u2019t seem to get beyond your personal history that rests there? In this writing-intensive workshop we will explore techniques that will help you create your own fictional hometown, similar enough to the real thing that you will not lose that special sense of place, but different enough to free yourself artistically.<\/p>\n Eric Wasserman<\/strong> is the author of a collection of short stories, The Temporary Life<\/em> (University of Akron, 2005) and a novel, Celluloid Strangers<\/em> (Second Wind, 2011). He is an Associate Professor of English at The University of Akron, where he teaches fiction writing, literature and film studies. You can visit him at www.ericwasserman.com.<\/p>\n (this workshop will be held on Saturday, November 5th<\/sup> from 11:00-12:15pm<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select D6<\/b>\u00a0when you register!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Seven Deadly First-Page Sins,\u201d with Tex Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n There\u2019s no one right way to begin your story\u2014but there are plenty of wrong ones. In this class, we\u2019ll take you on a cautionary tour through the pits of page-one hell, complete with agent pet peeves, reader turn-offs, and \u201cthanks but no thanks\u201d editorial deal-breakers. Don\u2019t let your manuscript suffer in form-rejection torment: Let us guide you through the slush-pile inferno and lead your story toward the light!<\/p>\n Arianne \u201cTex\u201d Thompson<\/strong> is a \u201crural fantasy\u201d author, professional speaker, and comma placement specialist. Look for her internationally published epic fantasy Western series, Children of the Drought<\/em> (Solaris), and find her online at www.thetexfiles.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n (this workshop will be held on Saturday, November 5th<\/sup> from 3:00-4:15pm<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select F8<\/b>\u00a0when you register!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fiction, fiction, fiction. 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