WordShops writing workshops planned for Friday, Nov. 1 as part of Baton Rouge's 2019 Louisiana Book Festival

The Louisiana Book Festival announced its instructors for the 2019 WordShops, half-day writing workshops on a variety of topics to take place Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at the State Library of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. The courses are designed for people writing fiction or nonfiction and are appropriate for writers of all levels of experience.

  

The classes, taught by award-winning and bestselling professional authors, will cover a wide range of tools used in honing the writers’ craft, including the most fundamental tool for creating mood, atmosphere, character, and more; ways to plumb one’s own experience for personal essays; an exploration of mythology in characterization, narrative, and plot; and how to write compelling nonfiction when the historical record (or memory!) is lacking. 

The WordShop schedule for Friday, Nov. 1, 2019:

9 a.m. – Noon

FICTION: Beyond Description: Mining Imagery for Meaning presented by Michael Knight

NONFICTION: Unlocking the Box: Writing Personal Essays presented by Michele Filgate

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

FICTION: Myth Making and Breaking: How to Use Old Stories to Write Something New presented by Steph Post

NONFICTION: Finding Your Narrative: At the Crossroads of Memory, Journalism, and History presented by Steve Luxenberg

Registration for each WordShop is $50; for a person attending two WordShops, the cost is $90. Space is limited. Registration and payment are due by Oct. 25. After that date, registrations will be accepted only as space allows. WordShop descriptions and author biographies are available by visiting LouisianaBookFestival.org/WordShops.html.

To register, call (225) 219-9503 or visit LouisianaBookFestival.org/WordShops.

Each of the instructors will be featured at the LouisianaBook Festival with their latest work. For more information on the 2019 Louisiana Book Festival, visit LouisianaBookFestival.org.

Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes Louisiana romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "Emilie," book one of The Cajun Series, "Ticket to Paradise," book one of The Cajun Embassy series and "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.