Grief Doesn’t Follow a Linear Path
May 3 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
As writers, when we write about the grieving process, we need to acknowledge that grief is as individual as we are. Writers differentiate characters by giving them unique voices, gestures, and habits. How they love and how they grieve is yet another way of making your characters come alive and stay with your reader long after they have finished the story. In this presentation, I will give you some writing “sparks” to get to the essence of revealing a character’s emotions without being melodramatic or giving away too much. In writing about grief, we want our readers to empathize with the character even if they don’t agree with how the character goes about her process.
Location: Lilly Library, 19 Meadow St. Florence, MA
Date/Time: Saturday, May 3, 10:30 am-12 pm
Lisa C. Taylor is the author of the novel, The Shape of What Remains, three poetry collections, most recently Interrogation of Morning (2022) and two short story collections, most recently Impossibly Small Spaces(2018). Her honors include the Hugo House New Fiction Award and Pushcart nominations in fiction and poetry. Her poetry collaboration with Irish writer Geraldine Mills, The Other Side of Longing received the Elizabeth Shanley Gerson Honor at University of Connecticut. Lisa holds an MFA in Creative Writing and she is the co-director of the Mesa Verde Writers Conference and Literary Festival. She is also a board member for Four Corners Writers and the Mancos Creative District. Lisa has received writing residencies from Vermont Studio Center, Willowtail Springs, and Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland. She teaches writing online and offers workshops around the country. www.lisactaylor.com
Lisa will have copies of her book available for purchase at her workshop.
