Lit Fest 2024

The ticking clock, the switchback, the speeding bullet—writers are the gods of time. In this fun, exercise-based seminar, we’ll go over the fundamentals of scene (showing) and summary (telling). We’ll explore what Madison Smartt Bell calls the “scenelett,” and Jane Allison calls “splicing sensory glimmers” in order to enliven summary. We’ll practice triggering flashbacks and returning readers safely to the present, and we’ll try an Alice Munro style flashforward.