Writers Who Read: No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

January's book is No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood (USA, 2021) - Sunday, 2:30 pm (for 2 hours), online (see link when you register) & at the Main Boulder Public Library in the Flatirons Meeting Room (2nd floor).

Poet Patricia Lockwood takes full advantage of the popular bipartite form, framing the first half of her first novel as a view into today's Online Woman, and then pivoting to something completely different. Finalist for the 2021 Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Lockwood has created a unique and vibrant novel of the moment with timeless themes.

We are Writers Who Read. We use Literary Forensics to dissect a recent novel (published within the past 18 months) with the goal of uncovering how the author has utilized their skills for effect. Storytelling is an art, but it's not a mystery. Every writer must address the following:

• Structure, Timeline, Pacing, Suspense, Omission
• Point of View, including Voice, Character, Place
• Language, Tense, Imagery, Metaphor, Symbols
• Motivation: Making a story pop - generating a thrill
• Why this story? And why now? Industry considerations

We ask that all attendees read the entire book in advance of the meeting, and come bearing their discoveries of how the author has addressed each of the five points above.

What is Literary Forensics? Find out here: https://www.garyalanmcbride.com/literary-forensics/