The old adage is to write what you know. Which is great — but as fiction writers, it’s sometimes safer to fictionalise what you know. In this craft class, we’ll talk about how to take real life experience and fictionalise it. Looking at published texts and with in-class writing (come prepared to write), we’ll discover how to write about what you know — and how to use the truth to go into imaginary places.
NINA McCONIGLEY is the author of Cowboys and East Indians , a short story collection that won the 2014 PEN Open Book Award. She was born in Singapore and grew up in Wyoming. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston and an MA from the University of Wyoming. She has been a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and held scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Her work has appeared in The New York Times , Orion , Salon , Virginia Quarterly Review , American Short Fiction , and The Asian American Literary Review among others. She lives in Laramie, Wyoming, and teaches at the University of Wyoming.
When: January 17, Saturday
Time: 10.00-11.30 a.m.
Fee: Rs.1000
Seat: 30
Age limit: 15 and above
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