This year we’re premiering a #CollinsWritersConference#BookClub! Instead of waiting to be impressed by faculty until after you’ve met, learn the work of the writers who will be teaching you!
Book clubs will take place on May 28 & June 5 at the Rock Island Public Library & spots are limited. MWC has books for sale at a discount and anyone already registered for the Conference who joins the book club will receive their book club book(s) for free.
YEW is celebrating 20 years of helping to develop some of the best young writers anywhere. Applications are open through Monday, May 12 for both interns and staff.
This workshop will guide you through creating a compelling protagonist and antagonist for a horror novel or short story. Questions we’ll consider: What scares your protagonist and why? What does the antagonist reflect about your protagonist’s fears? Why is your protagonist the right main character for this story? Generative writing prompts will help us figure out these elements of our stories and more. Using sensory details, we’ll place our protagonists in scenes where they must face their greatest fears–it’s good for them!