Dialogue in Fiction with Janet Beard (Dec 1 Virtual)

The most productive dialog is engaging and revealing while furthering character and plot development. Together, participants will look at some great fictional exchanges and offer suggestions on one another's stand-alone or excerpted scenes.

This workshop will meet Tuesday December 1 at 3pmET via Zoom. The link to join will be sent via email the day of the workshop. Please register here by November 30.

This workshop is being offered as part of Lit Youngstown's 2027 Fiction Intensives. It is included for those already registered. Individuals not registered for the full series are invited to participate in this single workshop for $35.

From East Tennessee, Janet Beard moved to New York to study screenwriting at NYU and earned an MFA in creative writing from The New School. Her novels are Beneath the Pines (2008), international bestseller The Atomic City Girls (2018) and The Ballad of Laurel Springs (2021). Janet has lived and worked in Australia, England, Boston, and Columbus, Ohio, where she is raising a daughter and working on a new novel. She is the recipient of a 2022 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award in Fiction.