Merrymeeting Adult Education

Write the story you’ve always been meaning to write! Explore setting, characters and dialogue in this 3-part workshop series. PART ONE: Building a World – Deep Dive into Setting. Explore new techniques to create vivid worlds – anywhere from the minutiae of one room to the expanses of a solar system. Create recognizable places and unknown expanses during this writing workshop. All mediums welcome, no writing experience necessary! PART TWO: Bring Them to Life – Deep Dive into Character Creation. Build entire beings from scratch in this writing workshop focused on character building. Get ready to play; exercises from a variety of mediums will engage your pen(cil)! Create a cast of characters for your next project or to file away. All mediums welcome, no writing experience necessary! PART THREE: What’d You Say? – Deep Dive into Dialogue. Say it how you want to. Write dialogue that fits your characters. Listen to the world through a new lens. Writing exercises will explore heightened language and everyday speech. All mediums welcome, no writing experience necessary! Instructor: Catia Cunha

*DATE CHANGE NOTICE: Session 1 was originally scheduled to run from 4/4-4/25. Now it will be running from 3/21-4/4.