Writing the Historical Novel: Creating Gripping Stories About the Past for Today's Readers | 3-Part Bundle

A 3-Part Workshop by Best-selling Author Mary Anna Evans

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April 8th, 15th, and 22nd | 4PM PT

One of the reasons readers love fiction is that it takes them places they've never been. In the case of historical fiction, readers get to visit places they can never go. A novel can take its readers to Tudor England, ancient Egypt, China's Ming Dynasty, or the American home front in World War II, and when they close its cover, they bring the sights, sounds, and experiences back to the present with them. Members of this advanced workshop will come away with concrete, practical information that will prepare them to plan, research, and create stories about the past designed to captivate modern readers. They will learn how to convey a story's setting and historical background without overwhelming the story, creating a fictional world where their characters feel real and alive.

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• Part 1 — Wednesday, April 8th: Create the Atmosphere: Building a Setting That Transports Readers to Another Time

• Part 2 — Wednesday, April 15th: Class 2: 4-People Are Always People: Breathing Life Into Believable Characters Who Happen to Live in the Past

• Part 3 — Wednesday, April 8th: Studs, Joists, and Rafters: Crafting a Plot That Will Drag Readers Into Your Historical World and Make Them Want to Stay

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Mary Anna Evans is the author of seventeen novels, which have received recognition including the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Oklahoma Book Award, the Will Rogers Medallion Award, and the Florida Historical Society's Patrick D. Smith Award. They have earned starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist, they have been recognized as Book Sense and Indie Next Picks, and they have been on "Best of the Year" lists in The Strand, True West, and Voice of Young America. Her nonfiction has appeared in publications including The Atlantic and the Louisville Review, and it has been shortlisted for the Edgar, Agatha, Macavity, and HRF Keating Awards. She holds an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in English literature, and she is a retired tenured professor of creative writing with a specialty in genre fiction.