Elements of Fiction Writing
November 1 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Pacific
We’re going to open the doors to fiction and look inside to see how stories are built. In this fast-paced three-hour workshop, we’ll examine each of these elements—character, setting, plot, theme, point of view, and style—and discuss how they work together to create a compelling story. This will be the foundation from which you’ll create the story or stories you want to write.
Participants will have an opportunity to explore each of the essentials through brief in-class writing exercises and lively discussion. No writing experience is required, all writers are welcome. Just bring your notebook or your laptop and leave with practical tools to create compelling fiction.
Art Form
WritingChapter
San DiegoProgram Type
WorkshopAbout the instructor
Judy Reeves is an award-winning writer and teacher who has published four books on the craft including A Writer’s Book of Days and Wild Women, Wild Voices, and a memoir, When Your Heart Says Go. She previously taught at UCSD Extension and has led community-based writing practice groups for thirty years. She is on the faculty of the Southern California Writers’ Conference, serves on the council for the International Association for Journal Writing, teaches at writing conferences internationally, and at San Diego Writers, Ink, a nonprofit literary center she cofounded.
This class is produced in partnership with the San Diego Writers, Ink.
