What is POV (Point of View) in writing and why is it so important?  Would your story be better told in 3rd person versus 1st person?  When and how is 2nd person used in creative writing?  Certain POV’s can limit the writer and truncate their narratives.  Julia Strayer will highlight the differences of POV to
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Dialogue in creative writing is more than a conversation between characters; it is a character builder, a plot line mover, and it gives the story a sense of place and setting.  Julia Strayer will demonstrate how dialogue evokes emotions; slang, dialect, inflection and the physical manners of the speaker makes the narrative more active and
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The definition of poetry is “literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm” Learn what poetry can be for you in a special session with Shanna Melton, award winning poet, painter and popular writing instructor of the Writer’s
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