An Eye for the Weird: Finding the Extraordinary within the Ordinary - recorded webinar

How can the strange, the uncanny, and the unordinary help give us more direct access to our characters’ ordinary, human experiences? This webinar will explore how some “weird” writers, like our presenter Sarah Gerkensmeyer, work with a careful balance of the ordinary and the unordinary, the naturalistic and the fantastic in their fiction. We will discuss overt examples of weird writing, such as magical realism, fabulism, and fairy tales. And we will also explore more subtle approaches, such as conducting...