Literary Cleveland · Plot Can Be Taught

Plot Can Be Taught

Many writers find plot scary, or feel it has to be instinctive. This class is here to tell you that plot can be taught, that there are formulas and guidelines you can use to give your story the bones it needs to feel complete and satisfying to the reader. The first class will cover common plot types and ways of complicating them, the second class will be a workshop of plot outlines submitted by the class members. Everyone will leave this class with a useful plot outline for their project.

Instructor: Marie Vibbert's work has appeared in Analog, Asimov's, F&SF, and many other professional publications. Her short story "Keep Talking" won Apex Magazine's Story of the Year. Marie is a software developer in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended the Clarion writer's workshop in 2013 and joined the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2014. She belongs to the Cleveland Science Fiction writer's workshop headed by Mary Turzillo. She also has been a lineman for the Cleveland Fusion women's tackle football team and has ridden 18% of the roller coasters in North America.

Details: Plot Can Be Taught takes place Thursday, August 11 and Thursday, August 18 at 6:30-8:30pm in person at Lake Erie Ink, 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.

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