HAUNTED:
A ONE-DAY WRITING WORKSHOP OCTOBER 28, 2017

“[O]ur life really is a haunted one. The simplest thing in it is a mystery,
the invisible world always lies round us like a shadow . . . .” Harriet Beecher Stowe

Haunted is the theme for our October workshop. A haunted house . . . a haunted landscape . . . a haunted soul. Anything can be haunted. Everything may be haunted. Join our workshop; investigate the dark side!

Character: A character can be haunted or haunting or haunter. The haunted protagonist, the haunting antagonist, some combination of the two. Is the haunter a ghost? Only the writer can say. We’ll play with how to haunt your characters.

Setting: What makes a place haunted? Memories? A spooky look? The presence of haunting spirits? We’ll explore ways to make your settings scarier – or maybe more hauntingly lovely.

Suspense: We’ll discuss creating and sustaining suspense, focusing on tension, the backbone of suspense and the engine of story.

The Invisible World: Let’s evoke it on the page!

Put It All Together: We’ll think about ways to use the haunted concept in your works in progress – or in something completely new.

THE DETAILS:

October 28, 2017, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm; $95 including lunch; ten-student limit
Venue: Another Read Through, 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227 http://letsgowrite.com/ Debbie: dguyol@aol.com Charlotte: chardixon@comcast.net