Fiction Workshop with Joe Ponepinto: Jane Addams School, 2222 W. Webster, Royal Oak, 48073, Thursdays, April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9 & 16, 7 - 9 p.m. We will focus on topics that pertain to your writing with an emphasis on preparing your stories for submission and eventual publication. Students will submit at least two stories for critique and participate in critiquing others’ work. Instruction in proper critiquing techniques will be combined with lecture on a variety of topics related to fiction writing, including What is Story, Understanding Character, Detail and Setting, Points of View, Free Indirect Style, Beginnings, Middles, and Endings. Joe Ponepinto is the Book Review Editor for the Los Angeles Review, and the 2011 winner of Springfed Arts Prose Contest. His work has been published in many literary journals. Contact: jpon@thirdreader.com
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