Writers Who Read: Winter Work - Dan Fesperman

March's meeting--IN PERSON at the Boulder Library Main Branch 2nd floor Flatirons Meeting Room & ONLINE (see link when you register)--is Winter Work by Dan Fesperman (USA, 2022) on Sunday starting at 2:30 pm (for 2 hours). Facilities information here.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED READING: I Figured It Out

Former Baltimore Sun foreign correspondent Dan Fesperman uses the ransacking of Stasi headquarters after the fall of the Berlin Wall as the jumping off point for this post-Cold War thriller. Stasi officers are desperate to save their skins and some have real intelligence to offer. But who to trust: their former enemies, the Americans, or their recent Russian masters? A Hobson's choice indeed.

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/