Writers Who Read LIVE!: Trust - Hernan Diaz

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

"Every financier ought to be a polymath, because finance is the thread that runs through every aspect of life." Four books in one: a novel, two memoirs, and a diary, Diaz's 2023 Pulitzer Prize co-winner channels four fictional authors and boldly saves its most insightful writing for last. Trust operates on so many more levels than those existing between a husband and wife and the financial crash of 1929.

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/