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Emotion in Fiction

  • Saturday, December 02, 2023
  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • The Mizell Center, 480 S Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262

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Announcing our next In-Person Workshop

Emotion in Fiction
Mary Otis



About Mary Otis

Mary Otis is the author of the short story collection, Yes, Yes, Cherries, and the novel Burst, Winner of the 2023 Silver Medal in Literary Fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Here’s an interview with Mary.



Description of talk:

Emotion in Fiction

Five things you will learn:

  • How do you illuminate a character's inner emotional world?
  • How do you write emotion without it being clunky or sentimental?
  • How do empathy and craft work in tandem?
  • How does humor support grief?
  • How do distance and indirection support emotion?

 
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To receive a full refund minus a $25 cancellation processing fee, attendees must cancel their registration 5 days before the event. No refunds will be given after that time. To cancel your registration, go to palmspringswritersguild.org and click on the blue icon at the top right of any page. Enter user name and password and click "LOG IN". On the next screen click "My event registrations". Select event and cancel registration. 

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Meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. 

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Event Contact: Eduardo Santiago
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