Illuminate Your Manuscript: Writing Faith in Fiction (1)
Sun, Jan 19
|Zoom
What guides your characters? In this class, we will take at look at the role of faith (religious or not) in building sturdy and complex characters. Included in class; examination of other writing, prompts, conversation with your teacher and class.
Time & Location
Jan 19, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM AKST
Zoom
About the event
Illuminate Your Manuscript: Writing Faith in Fiction
What do your characters believe in? What guides them? What/who do they worship? In this
class, we'll take at look at the role of faith (religious or not) in building sturdy and complex
characters. We will explore how and why by examining writing by Deeshaw Philyaw, Monica
West, Mary Miller, and Nicole Krauss, as well as engaging with prompts and in discussion.
Our teacher for this class, Chanel Dubofsky, has taught writing for Lilith, Vermont College of Fine Arts (where she earned