STORYCATCHING THROUGH SETTING

Eudora Welty said, “Place is one of the lesser angels that watch over the racing hand of fiction.” With theses words from Eudora in mind, this workshop with Kerry Madden-Lunsford will focus on discovering place as character and how a strong sense of setting breathes both life and voice into our writing. Kerry will present the tools she used when storycatching in the South for her novels, including research, excavated old pictures and documents from the Courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama, as well as film clips from recent documentaries and feature films. In this part lecture, part creative workshop, you’ll explore your own sense of place to catch stories and writing ideas.