{"id":367,"date":"2024-12-02T16:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classes.dianabotsford.com\/?page_id=367"},"modified":"2025-07-16T17:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T17:12:55","slug":"november-online-class-the-things-they-carry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classes.dianabotsford.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"November Workshop: The Things They Carry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Register<\/a>Hosted by PennWriters<\/strong><\/a>
\nZOOM Class Meeting Dates: November 4, 11, 18, & 25 (Tuesdays)
\n7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
\nIn this immersive four-week course, writers will explore the power of settings and props to enhance characterization, evoke emotion, and add depth to their stories. Through a series of interactive exercises and guided discussions, participants will learn how to create vivid, purposeful settings and symbolic props that reflect and shape their characters’ inner journeys.<\/p>\n

Throughout the course, students will explore examples from literature and film, such as James Michener’s \u201cShogun\u201d, Michael Connelly’s \u201cLincoln Lawyer,\u201d \u201cRosaline Palmer Takes the Cake,\u201d and Tim O’Brien’s \u201cThe Things They Carried\u201d to understand how masterful writers employ settings and props to deepen characterization and create immersive, emotionally resonant stories.<\/p>\n

By the end of the course, students will have developed a comprehensive toolkit for crafting purposeful, evocative settings and props that elevate their storytelling and engage readers on a profound level. This course is designed to benefit fiction writers of all levels of experience and is not specific to any particular genre or medium.<\/p>\n

$75 members
\n$100 non-members<\/p>\n

2025 Workshop Schedule<\/h2>\n