BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Indianapolis Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Indianapolis Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:614225ef-ab27-4766-a22a-ceaaad32d7e7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261017T054329Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261116T193000 SUMMARY:Writing Historical Fiction LOCATION:Warren Branch\nWarren Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Warren Branch;X-APPLE-RADI US=10;X-TITLE=Warren Branch:geo:39.7960138,-85.9954793 GEO:39.7960138;-85.9954793 DESCRIPTION:Are you fascinated by events of the past?  Intrigued by how people lived and what they thought—and ate and wore and did to sta ve off boredom?  Would you like to live in another time\, by way of wri ting fiction?.\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/event/17083473 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This class will provide an overview of the practical considerations of writing historical fiction\, addressing such questions as\, Where do you start? How do you keep your research from over whelming the story? How true to the historical facts must you remain? How can you create characters true to the standards and knowledge of their tim e? And more. \;

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This workshop is presented in partnership with the \;Indiana Writers Cente r. Check out other writing workshops at library bran ches this season!

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Instructor Barbara Shoup is the author of ni ne novels for adults and young adults\, most recently \;An America n Tune\, and \;About Grace\, and a memoir\, \;A Commotion in Your Heart. \;She is the \;the co-author of Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process and  \;Story Matters. \;Her short fiction\, poetry\, essays and in terviews have appeared in numerous small magazines\, as well as in The Wri ter and The New York Times travel section. Shoup is the recipient of numer ous grants from the Indiana Art Commission\, two creative renewal grants f rom the Arts Council of Indianapolis\, the 2006 PEN Phyllis Reynolds Naylo r Working Writer Fellowship and the 2012 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Regional Indiana Author Award. \;Her young adult novels\, \;Wish You W ere Here \;and \;Stranded in Harmony \;were sele cted as American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. \;&n bsp\;Vermeer&rsquo\;s Daughter \;was a School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Young Adults. \;Currently\, she is the Writer-in- Residence at the Indiana Writers Center. and a creative writing faculty me mber of \;Art Workshop International \;in Assisi. She hosts the Su bstack newsletter \;Book Pilgrim. \;

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Get ready fo r this writing workshop with some book lists about writing:

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