Truth in Fiction
Taught by Barbara J. Taylor
During this six-week in-person course, you’ll learn how to mine real-life events, people and places in order to hone your narrative voice and add authenticity to your story. With truth as our guide, we’ll study and discuss professional samples of writing and apply their lessons through in-class prompts. Topics will include language and imagery, characterization, setting, point-of-view and theme. From beginner to expert, if you’d like to up your fiction game, this workshop is for you.
BIO
Born and raised in Scranton, PA, Barbara J. Taylor sets her novels in the hometown she loves and fills them with miners, evangelists, vaudevillians, nuns, gangsters, prostitutes, widows, musicians, dreamers, and a seer or two. She is the author of Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night and All Waiting Is Long. Her latest book, Rain Breaks No Bones, is the final installment in her Scranton trilogy.
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