Loading…
Lit Fest 2024
Attending this event?
Welcome to Lit Fest, eight days dedicated to you, our literary community.
Wednesday, June 12 • 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Death and Life

Log in to save this to your schedule, view media, leave feedback and see who's attending!


We often think about the arc of characters’ lives in our prose, but what about their deaths? How can we purposefully, responsibly, and, of course, creatively write death in a way that enlivens our stories and adds meaning to our characters’ and readers’ lives? Examining examples from fiction and memoir, in this seminar, participants will consider how other characters’ deaths might impact our protagonists/antagonists, as well as how to craft interesting and meaningful deaths without unintentionally slipping into the melodramatic or overly relying upon the retrospective voice. We'll also complete a writing exercise if time allows.

Speakers
avatar for Andrew Hernandez

Andrew Hernandez

Instructor
Andrew Hernandez, PhD, is a writer and teacher. Born in the Chicagoland area, Hernandez’s work has taken him to Puerto Rico, New York, Mali, New Zealand, and now Colorado. A former Contributing Writer for Everyday Feminism magazine, his narrative nonfiction has also appeared in... Read More →


Wednesday June 12, 2024 1:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
204