Writing Fact and Reality into Fiction with Nicole Dennis-Benn (on Zoom)

How much research do we need to get it right? How do we discern how much factual details to incorporate into a story without weighing it down? When do we give ourselves creative license? This course is for anyone who has those questions. We'll discuss selected works and supplemental readings to aid our discussions on technique/craft in relation to shaping your story. Excerpts of other books and stories will be listed as we go along to better aid your individual storytelling process.

Nicole Dennis-Benn is an award-winning novelist whose books place working-class Jamaicans, especially women and queer folk, at the center of the universal human experience. Her debut novel, HERE COMES THE SUN, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2016 and was recently listed as a New York Times MostNotable Book of the decade. PATSY, her second novel, was a Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick and a New York Times Editor’s Choice, and was named…