Speakeasy Workshop: This Will Be Character-Building
Join Rebecca Makkai for an intimate workshop designed to help you write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir -- or to continue work on one in progress. In each session, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft: backstory, motivation, dialogue, and character evolution. This event has four sessions. […]
Speakeasy Workshop: This Will Be Character-Building
Join Rebecca Makkai for an intimate workshop designed to help you write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir -- or to continue work on one in progress. In each session, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft: backstory, motivation, dialogue, and character evolution. This event has four sessions. […]
StoryStudio Chicago Storyball – Stories Matter Foundation Fundraiser
StoryStudio Chicago 4043 N. Ravenswood, #222, Chicago, IL, United StatesMark your calendars! Stories Matter Foundation's first ever fundraising event will be online over Zoom on Thursday, April 29 at 7pm Central. We'll have more details soon, including silent auction items, special guests, and award recipients. For now, pencil us in!
Miami Book Fair Presents: Get Your Story Off the Ground with Rebecca Makkai
Mondays, May 3 – 24 (4 weeks) 8 – 9:30 p.m. EST | Online via Google Meet | Register to receive link There are decisions we make (about entry point, tone, point of view, conflict, stakes, and more) in our opening pages that set us up for stories that practically write themselves, or for ones […]
Lighthouse Lit Fest Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: The Arc Of Story, The Architecture Of Plot With Rebecca Makkai
Lighthouse Writers WorkshopNo one’s ever going to force you to write a traditional plot arc, but the tools of narrative momentum—cause and effect, development, change, stakes, suspense—should be in every writer’s tool kit, if only so we know what to rebel against. We'll workshop student fiction in this light—focusing on arc, on shape, on plot or the […]
Lighthouse Lit Fest: Interiority Complex
Lighthouse Writers WorkshopThe great advantage of prose (over theater, film, and life) is that we’re privy to characters’ interior states. But how can a writer get thoughts and emotions across, other than by stating them flat-out or by updating us constantly on breathing and heart rate? We’ll explore ways to use tangent, gesture, backstory, action, association, and […]
Society For The Study Of Midwestern Literature Celebrates Mark Twain Award Winners Marilynne Robinson and Rebecca Makkai
Marilynne Robinson and Rebecca Makkai, winners of the 2020 and 2021 Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature, in conversation with Phil Christman, author of Midwest Futures. (Free for current SSML members; open to non-members for a $5 registration fee.) SSML Members Register HERE Non-Members Register HERE
Hugo House Workshop: “Blind Date”
Hugo House 1634 11th Avenue , Seattle, WAThis brainstorming workshop will explore the alchemy of combining seemingly disparate concepts into one narrative. We’ll each take our own unused, unloved ideas and, after we discuss the fine art of narrative matchmaking, set them up together for a lifetime of happiness—or at least a few paragraphs of fun. In addition to something to write […]
Kate Reed Petty in conversation with Rebecca Makkai Virtual Event | True Story
Ticketing This free event will be streamed live on the Novel Neighbor’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Registration is optional, but recommended. Signed bookplates are available with purchases made through the Novel Neighbor. You may buy a copy as an add-on with your free event registration. Please note that we are not able to process international […]
Ragdale Ring 2021
Ragdale Foundation 1230 North Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL, United StatesRagdale welcomes guests to our campus for the third event of our 9th annual Ragdale Ring season. This event features accomplished and acclaimed performers and authors. Masks are recommended when outside, and required when inside. Maintain social distance throughout your visit. Be respectful of others who may feel more apprehensive during this phase. Do not […]
