Workshop with Achy Obejas
Out of Necessity Writing Workshop – “Conflict In Fiction”
Saturday, June 4, 2011 |
12:00 pmExamining and working with ways to develop conflict in literary stories by discussing choices and stakes, the importance of tension, and ways to resolve stories without having characters kill themselves, live happily ever after, betray the rest of the story, or do anything too terribly obvious
Hosted by Galeria de la Raza and Out of Necessity.
Hosted by Out of Necessity & Galería de la Raza, "Conflict in Fiction" is a writing workshop facilitated by featured writer ACHY OBEJAS.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
12-3pm
Galería de la Raza
2857 24th Street @ Bryant
San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $15-30 sliding scale
Proceeds from the workshop will go directly to the featured writer
Purchase Tickets in advance online: TKTK
Tickets will also be available at the door.
Workshop Description: “In this workshop, we’ll examine and work with ways to develop conflict in literary stories. We’ll discuss choices and stakes, the importance of tension, and ways to resolve stories without having characters kill themselves, live happily ever after, betray the rest of the story, or do anything too terribly obvious.”
This workshop is presented in conjunction with Out of Necessity, a multi-media performance for the National Queer Arts Festival, featuring Achy Obejas and more on June 5, 2011. For more information and to purchase tickets visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/174170
ACHY OBEJAS is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Ruins (Akashic Books, 2009) and three other books of fiction. Her poetry chapbook, This is What Happened in Our Other Life (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2007), was both a critical favorite and a best seller. She edited and translated, into English, Havana Noir, a collection of crime stories by Cuban writers on and off the island. Her translation, into Spanish, of Junot Díaz’ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao/ La
Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Óscar Wao was a finalist for Spain’s Esther Benítez Translation Prize from the national translator’s association. Currently the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago, she is also a member of the Editorial Board of In These Times, the editorial advisory board of the Great Books Foundation, and blogger for WBEZ Radio’s Vocalo.org.
For more information, please contact us at: outofnecessity2011@gmail.com
Out of Necessity on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199473276758444
This workshop is presented in conjunction with Out of Necessity, a multi-media performance for the National Queer Arts Festival, featuring Achy Obejas and more on June 5, 2011. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
Achy Obejas is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Ruins (Akashic Books, 2009) and three other books of fiction. Her poetry chapbook, This is What Happened in Our Other Life (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2007), was both a critical favorite and a best seller. She edited and translated, into English, Havana Noir, a collection of crime stories by Cuban writers on and off the island. Her translation, into Spanish, of Junot Díaz’ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao/La Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Óscar Wao was a finalist for Spain’s Esther Benítez Translation Prize from the national translator’s association. Currently the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago, she is also a member of the Editorial Board of In These Times, the editorial advisory board of the Great Books Foundation, and blogger for WBEZ Radio’s Vocalo.org.
Proceeds from the workshop will go directly to the featured writer.
To purchase tickets in advance online >>
Tickets will also be available at the door.
For more information, please email outofnecessity2011@gmail.com.
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$15-$30 sliding scale
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