This Saturday: Fantasy Writing Seminar and Literary Salon
on January 12th, 2011 at 11:43 am
Author Warren Rochelle will be here on Saturday, January 15, to teach a writing seminar, followed by a book discussion.
Seminar, Saturday, January 15, 9am-4pm– “The Hero and the Quest: Tolkien, Lewis, and Beyond”
Cost: $75 Members | $85 Non-Members | Register Here
What makes a fantasy fantastic? What’s the difference between high and low fantasy, between urban and sword-and-sorcery? What do Tolkien and Lewis have to say and why does it matter now? This one-day seminar examines the core elements and metaphors of fantasy, such the Hero and the Quest, the Villain, Good vs. Evil, magic, Other Worlds, and how familiarity with these helps a writer find his or her own story. The seminar includes discussion, in-class writing, and a short workshop using the in-class work.
Literary Salon, Saturday, January 15, 7pm–”Writing Fantasy, Writing Self: Incorporating the Autobiographical into the Fantastic” Free and open to the public. Elves, dragons, and wizards. Witches and wardrobes and talking lions. At first glance these commonplace elements of fantasy seem to have little or no connection to the world in which the fantasy writer and the fantasy reader live. How does one handle the intersections of the fantastic and the real? Warren Rochelle, the author of The Wild Boy, Harvest of Changelings, and most recently, The Called, the sequel to Harvest, speaks about incorporating the personal and the mundane into his fantasy.turday to teach a writing seminar, followed by a book discussion.
WriterHouse, 508 Dale Ave, 434-296-1922, www.writerhouse.org.
