Got Plot? Need Character?

 

 

$50 in advance and $60 on the day of the workshop

Includes continental breakfast

                 Upstairs at the First Street Café                        

 

Critically acclaimed author David Corbett will lead a writing workshop on October 6, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Benicia, California, Upstairs at the First Street Café. David notes, “Almost everything you need to know about writing a great story can be learned from wisely analyzing the classic, entertaining film Chinatown — which students will come to recognize as a modern update of Oedipus the King by Sophocles.” David will lead the class in a group analysis of the story to explore such techniques as:

 

–Understanding how character determines plot.

–Orchestrating the opposition from an offstage opponent.

–Employing “four-corner conflict” to create moral complexity.

–Developing a symbol system to underscore your thematic concerns.

–Using subtext in dialog.

 

For more information, contact Carolyn Plath at [email protected] or visit our website at www.benicialiteraryarts.org. To register by mail, send $50 and your contact information to Benicia Literary Arts, c/o Marc Ethier, the Benicia Herald, 820 First Street, Benicia, CA 94510.  www.benicialit.org. Read more about the author at http://www.davidcorbett.com/.