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January 24, 2025
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Introductory workshop on creative writing

The San Juan Public Library is holding a new workshop for adults interested in acquiring the basic resources needed to write literature. It will be held on Fridays at 6:30 p.m. in ninety-minute sessions.

The program

The workshop will work on six large blocks that cover the following topics:

  1. The literary text: Fundamental concepts. Short story, narrative and novel. The project. Documentation and generation of ideas
  2. What do we tell? The structure of the text: plot, theme and subject; conflicts, axes and twists.
  3. Who tells it? The narrator. The narrative perspective and its styles.
  4. How do we tell it? The characters and their dialogues. The narrative framework: the settings, the time and the description.
  5. The details: Coherence, cohesion, rhythm and tone. The plausible and the implausible. The logic of fantasy.
  6. Correction and style rules. Editing.

Goals

This workshop aims to develop the creativity of participants, promote a love of writing and provide them with the necessary resources to develop their own literary project.

Methodology

Each session will include creativity exercises, theoretical explanations and practical activities to consolidate learning.

Taught by writer Paloma Ruiz-Rivas , with extensive experience in coordinating writing workshops.

Come to the information talk and presentation that will take place in the library on January 9 at 7 pm , in the multipurpose room (basement floor). We look forward to seeing you! Attendees are advised to bring paper and pen.

The workshop consists of 17 sessions that will take place on the following Fridays: January: 24, 31; February: 7, 14, 21, 28; March: 7, 14, 21, 28; April: 4, 11, 25; May: 9, 16, 23, 30.

  • Sessions: at 6:30 p.m.; duration of 90 minutes each.
  • Location : Club Room (2nd floor)
  • Age: from 18 years old.
  • Registration: ONLINE, starting on January 10, 2025 on the library website. Registration period open until January 17, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.
  • Participants are requested to commit to attending the sessions .

Additional Information

20.00 h.

Address and map location

  • Postal address Biblioteca Pública de Burgos - Plaza San Juan, s/n. municipality of Burgos . NaN. Burgos