Our Life Stories Conference 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Cosumnes River College 8401 Center Parkway, Sacramento, CA Conference Fee - $35.00 (Includes lunch, workshops, and materials) Registration Deadline: April 22, 2012. Space is limited. W o r k s h o p D e s c r i p t i o n s Painting with Words: Creating atmosphere in settings Kerstin Feindart “The pictorial and the verbal are similar in that they both take place in two dimensions on paper or canvas,” states author John Updike. To draw readers in and to let them feel what we felt, we can paint with words. This workshop focuses on hands-on exercises that highlight techniques to create atmosphere. In addition, discussions of short sample pieces and exercises completed in the workshop will help writers create the mood of a place and time and bring the past to life... The unfolding moment: on writing scene Valerie Fioravanti Writing in scene gives fiction and memoir its visceral power, that sense that the reader ...