Join award-winning author Ron Maclean at the annual Concord Festival of Authors for his Short Story Writing workshop, “Your First 100 Words: Grounding Readers in Your Fiction.” Most readers will engage with a story if they feel grounded in some aspect of that story’s world. Whether physically grounded in setting, emotionally grounded in character, or logistically grounded in the human situation, it’s crucial to establish for readers early on a world they recognize, and to convey what matters in that world. In this advanced craft seminar, we’ll discuss techniques for grounding your stories, analyze published examples, and provide exercises to help you put it in practice. Space is limited at a discounted rate of $15. Scholarships available.
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