Writing Fiction/Memoir - The shape of stories

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You will learn how to situate the most important moments of your story structure.   Key points can include the inciting incident, call to adventure, crisis and climax, and denouement (wrapping things up).

This workshop will be about how to identify and situate those elements within your unique story world. Along the way we’ll explore narrative structures that you can explore and exploit when editing and polishing your drafts.

Adult, English, Registration is required as space is limited.

About Andy

Andy is a freelance PhD-trained editor, researcher, academic and writer who edits both fiction and non-fiction. He is versed in various editing styles including the Chicago Manual of Style and APA . He is particularly interested in subjects that deal with ecology, environmental issues, conservation, resource management and climate change, together with speculative fiction that tackles those subjects. He is also experienced in works dealing with environmental economics, art and art history, outdoor recreation, and philosophy.

"Whether you’re writing academic papers, science fiction novels, or government reports, clear communication between author and reader is essential. My overarching goal is therefore to help clients express themselves with elegance and clarity. When assigning undergraduate term papers, my injunction to students is always, “Write this as though you want someone else to actually read it.” My goal as an editor is to help clients to achieve such effortless readability."

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