CRAFT TALK: RICHARD MIRABELLA ON STARTING YOUR NOVEL

On the third and final day of , join novelist Richard Mirabella for a Craft Talk on starting your novel.
CLASS DESCRIPTION

There is no one way to write a novel, and the prospect can be overwhelming. In our craft session, we will discuss the many ways a writer can tackle beginning the huge task of writing a novel, with the hope of finding the best process for you. We will touch on getting to know your characters, writing scenes, and sticking with it. Using encouraging and down-to-earth advice, I will give you the tools you need to start the novel you always dreamed of writing. Participants should bring something to write with.
STUDENTS WILL LEAVE WITH

• Notes on creating character and conflict
• Advice for getting out a first draft
• Prompts and exercises for getting unstuck
• A plan for daily writing practice
• The first pages of your novel

ABOUT RICHARD MIRABELLA

Richard is a writer and civil servant living in Upstate New York. His stories have appeared in Story Magazine, American Short Fiction, Split Lip Magazine, and elsewhere. He's the author of the novel Brother & Sister Enter the Forest, a New York Times Editors' Choice and Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.
ABOUT THE ROUGH NOTES FESTIVAL

Presented by Kinderhook Books, the three-day event is, at its core, a literary festival—but it also celebrates the craft of writing in all its forms: songwriting, stand-up comedy, screenwriting, art, design, and more.
SPONSOR

This Craft Talk is sponsored by The Rough Notes Fund for Rural Literary Education, allowing us to offer the class at no cost to attendees. Attendance will be taken, and the $50 registration fee will be refunded to the original payment method within seven days after the class for all students who attend. Eventbrite fees and applicable taxes are nonrefundable. The $50 registration fee will not be refunded to students who do not attend.