Explore how voice shapes story expectations, characterization, and emotional impact.
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Whether a story has a first-person narrator, an invisible one, an attached third, or detached objectivism, everything on the page is mediated through voice. Voice constitutes the idiosyncratic language of a story, which affects how all other techniques appear to us and tells us what kind of story the story it’s telling is going to be. We’ll explore how a distinct voice can construct reader expectations for characterization and the emotional parameters of a story itself.
Presenter Bio:
Meg Fancher is a PhD candidate in English at Georgia State University, where she has taught for four years. She obtained her MFA at Oregon State and her BA at Hollins. Her criticism and archival research has been published by the Digital Library of Georgia, 45th Parallel, and American Book Review. She is currently writing a crime novel.
Central Oregon Writers Guild's mission is to provide Central Oregon area writers a forum for mutual support and education through meetings, annual events and workshops. Our goal is to advance growth and success for individual writers of all genres and skill levels. Founded in 2002, the Guild is a non-profit organization, run entirely by volunteers.
Guild meetings take place on a monthly basis, where we feature guest speakers, panels, member readers and small group interaction, with topics of interest to writers at all skill levels. Meetings are free and open to the public.
Questions? Contact beccar@dpls.lib.or.us
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Write Here | Adult Program |
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