{"id":1274,"date":"2017-03-09T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2017-03-09T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T18:40:14","slug":"may-6th-plotting-workshop-at-the-pickerington-oh-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/may-6th-plotting-workshop-at-the-pickerington-oh-library\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6th Plotting Workshop at the Pickerington, OH Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 6th from 11am-1pm, I&#8217;ll be leading a free writing workshop for teens and adults at the Pickerington Library in Ohio. &#8220;The Plot Thickens&#8221; is a two hour discussion on the mechanics of various plots and narrative structures and how they can be applied to fiction, games, and nonfiction.<\/p>\n<p>Each of my workshops&nbsp;includes discussion and practical in-class exercises intended to help participants&nbsp;develop the skills they&nbsp;need to become better writers. Students&nbsp;will come away with valuable resources they&nbsp;can explore and use after the session is&nbsp;over.<\/p>\n<p>Space is&nbsp;limited. To sign up for this free program, please&nbsp;fill out the brief form at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pickeringtonlibrary.org\/event\/the-plot-thickens\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pickeringtonlibrary.org\/event\/the-plot-thickens\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have a&nbsp;Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goddard.edu\/academics\/master-fine-arts-creative-writing-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goddard College<\/a> I have been a faculty member in the<a href=\"http:\/\/fiction.setonhill.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Seton Hill University MFA in Writing Popular Fiction<\/a> program since 2010. I\u2019ve led workshops at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goddard.edu\/mfa-creative-writing\/residency-week\" target=\"_blank\">Goddard College MFA Residencies<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/horror.org\/category\/news\/stoker-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">StokerCon<\/a> in Las Vegas,&nbsp;the <a href=\"http:\/\/engage.franklin.edu\/te\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teaching &amp; Learning in Higher Education Conference<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.massillonmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Massillon Museum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclair.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sinclair Community College<\/a>, and several regional conventions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Project Wonderful Ad Box Code --><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"display:inline-block;\" id=\"pw_adbox_20835_5_0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"display:inline-block;\">\n<map name=\"admap20835\" id=\"admap20835\">\n<area href=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/out_nojs.php?r=0&#038;c=0&#038;id=20835&#038;type=5\" shape=\"rect\" coords=\"0,0,728,90\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \/><\/map>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:728px;border-style:none;background-color:#ffffff;\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/nojs.php?id=20835&#038;type=5\" style=\"width:728px;height:90px;border-style:none;\" usemap=\"#admap20835\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><br \/>\n<!-- End Project Wonderful Ad Box Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>On May 6th from 11am-1pm, I&#8217;ll be leading a free writing workshop for teens and adults at the Pickerington Library in Ohio. &#8220;The Plot Thickens&#8221; <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/may-6th-plotting-workshop-at-the-pickerington-oh-library\/\" title=\"May 6th Plotting Workshop at the Pickerington, OH Library\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,4,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","category-writing-advice","category-writing-workshop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16473425_1246243565424730_4041144272544505581_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qT6f-ky","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6903,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/game-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":1274,"position":0},"title":"Saturday, Jan. 22: Free Online Writing Workshop","author":"Lucy A. 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