Foundational Practices
in Historical Fiction
Free Monthly meeting, 1-hour Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A)
Saturday, January 16, 2021
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
with
Dorothea Hubble Bonneau
Award-winning novelist, memoirist , playwright, optioned screenwriter
Inspired by a quest for justice, Dorothea’s work is informed by her love of family, nature, and the dramatic arts. Her new book — Once in a Blood Moon — celebrates the intelligence, courage, culture and character of African Americans, First Nation Peoples, and indentured servants who created the backbone for the United States of America.
Please join us to learn how to create show-not-tell characters and true-to-life shared worlds. Listener take-aways will allow you to:
- Graph your story worlds and create character profiles using Geert Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions.
- Determine whether a character’s decisions are more influenced by internal or external motivation.
- Implement non-verbal communication patterns to reveal status and standing of your characters.
Dorothea Hubble Bonneau fell in love with theatre when she was six years old and had her first acting opportunity. When she was nine years old, she adapted Little Women, which was produced in her backyard. Since then, 24 of her plays have been produced in a variety of venues. Her To Destroy You Is No Loss was published by Dramatic Publishing in 1992. Bonneau’s other writing credits include Seekers from Zantaparon, a novel published by Northwest Publishing Company; two screenplays, optioned by Sub Rosa Productions; a prize-winning radio play; magazine articles; and a weekly column in The Davis Enterprise. Her workshop presentations include: University of the Pacific Writer’s Conference, Historical Writers of America, Other Words Conference in Tampa, Florida, and University of California Extension. Bonneau lives in Davis, California, with her husband and her cat. See: www.dorotheabonneau.com
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