Haruki Murakami wrote in “The Kidney-Shaped Stone that Moves Every Day”: “What a writer is supposed to do is observe and observe and observe again, and put off making judgments to the last possible moment,” while Hemingway said that “when writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people not characters.”

In this workshop, we will attempt to create characters who are as real as any person off the page. Through exercises and examples, we will get to further know and make real the characters in our first drafts. As Tess Gerritsen said, “My most vivid characters have been built not through any deliberate process, not through any pre-planning, but through continuous, relentless acquaintances.”

About Julian

Julian Zabalbeascoa’s stories have been published in American Short Fiction, Boulevard, The Common, Copper Nickel, Electric Literature, The Florida Review, The Gettysburg Review, Glimmer Train, One Story, Ploughshares, Ploughshares Solos, Shenandoah, and others. His interviews and reviews have appeared in The Believer, Electric Literature, The Millions, and Salamander.

He was born and raised in California’s Central Valley. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans and taught at various institutions throughout California before moving to Boston. Now a Visiting Professor in the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, he leads annual study abroad programs to Donostia-San Sebastian, Havana, Madrid, and Chile.

Where: The Ford House, SNHU, 2500 N River Rd, Hooksett NH

When: January 20, 2024, 10:00AM-12:15PM

Cost: $65 Members/$85 Nonmembers

Registration Link: Click Here to Register!