The Page Turner: Techniques of Writing the Propulsive Novel with Mitch Wieland

The Page Turner: Techniques of Writing the Propulsive Novel w/ Mitch Wieland

Come study novel writing with the current Idaho Writer in Residence, the founding editor of The Idaho Review, and the co-founder and longtime director of Boise State’s MFA Program in Creative Writing. Drawing on Wieland’s thirty years of teaching the techniques of storytelling at the graduate and undergraduate level, this class will provide the tools to write an engaging and propulsive novel with complex characters. Each student ends the course with a novel logline, novel outline, and novel opening.

Time: 

Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: The Cabin - 801 S Capitol Blvd

Dates:

Thursday, Oct. 1st

Thursday, Oct. 8th

Thursday, Oct. 15th

Thursday, Oct. 22nd

Thursday, Oct. 29th

Thursday, Nov. 5th

Mitch Wieland is the author of the novels Willy Slater’s Lane and God’s Dogs. His short stories have appeared in The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, The Best of the West, and The Kenyon Review, among other publications. He’s been awarded grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, and the Idaho Commission on the Arts. Wieland is the current Writer in Residence for the state of Idaho.