If you have an idea for a novel or your memoir, but don’t know how to begin, this class is for you! For experienced writers as well as beginners, the project of writing a book can be daunting. Learn the process and craft of writing a novel and memoir, from the start. This workshop will explore understanding your goal for the book, different narrative approaches and structure, and some of the steps to solidify your idea, storyline, and characters. We will also discuss how to overcome some of the potential blocks keep writers up at night: writing routines, perfectionism, fear, overwhelm.
Quince Orchard High School, Classroom #220
Instructor Bio: Hildie S. Block (she/her) is a night owl, a writer, a teacher, and a little obsessed with the weather. She holds a master’s degree in creative writing and her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Salon, Cortland Review, Gargoyle, and other publications. She won the 2022 Washington Writer's Publishing House Holiday contest and has appeared recently in Maryland Literary Review, Big Whoopie Deal, Grace and Gravity/From the Attic, Fahmidan Review and Mason Jar Press' Jarnal. When not writing, she's teaching, previously at George Washington and American Universities and currently leading workshops at the Writer's Center (www.writer.org), the Gaithersburg Book Festival, and on her own (learn more at www.hildieblockworkshop.com ). She lives in Virginia with her family and her axolotl named Xipe!
