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Scenes are the basic units of all stories. They are “the most vivid and immediate part of a story, the place where the reader is the most emotionally involved, the part that leaves the reader with images and a memory of the action.” (Sandra Scofield) We’ll discuss different types of scenes and the elements that can make all scenes  powerful enough to move your story forward. Come prepared to try a few writing exercises.

Details:

• Registration for this class will close on Tuesday, February 22 at 8:30 PM (Pacific Time)
  
• This class will be taught via the Zoom video conferencing program. For a great video on how to use Zoom, watch this tutorial.
• A Zoom link will be sent to the email address you registered with one day prior to each session. Please watch for this email. You may need to check your spam folder for emails from BARN.
• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to fill out our simple application before you register.

Instructors' Bios:

Maureen McQuerry is an award winning poet, novelist and teacher. Her YA novel, The Peculiars is an ALA Best Book for Young Adult Readers 2013 and winner of the Westchester Award. Her other novels include the Celtic Mythology duo Beyond the Door and The Telling Stone, and most recently Between Before and After, one of Barnes and Nobles most anticipated historical fictions for 2019. Big Ideas for Little Philosophers, a 4 book series featuring Socrates, Descartes, Aristotle and DeBeauvior, for preschoolers, releases in July 2020 to be followed by Big Ideas for Little Environmentalists.