Molly Dwyer will be presenting at Arcade Library
2443 Marconi Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821
on Saturday May 18th, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Meeting ID: 832 1220 0475
Passcode: 568644
Narrative Authority comes from our sense that the writer is fearless and in control of the story they’re telling. We will look at text by several authors to see what they’re doing that creates the power of voice and discuss why and how the text is working. Using visual prompts, we’ll write two short pieces and share them, attempting to identify the sound of our own voices.
What attendees will learn:
- To understand narrative authority and voice in fiction and/or memoir writing.
- To understand the power and uniqueness of your own authenticity.
- To examine the text of successful writing to learn what a strong voice can do.
- To discover more about your own voice through prompted writing and discussion.
- To consider the precision of language, and language’s power to create.
Molly teaches creative writing at Mendocino College. She works as an editor, writing coach and workshop facilitator. Her debut novel, Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein, was nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Fiction and won the Independent Publishers Book of the Year Award and an Indie Book Award for Historical Fiction. She’s founding president of the Writers of the Mendocino Coast, a branch of California Writers Club.