The Art of Multiperspectivity (ages 13-18)

Multiperspectivity: n. a narrative technique by which the writer shows more than one perspective/narrator to the reader in order to complicate, enhance, expand, cross-check, distort, and/or clarify the story.

In this class, we’re tackling the art of integrating and intertwining multiple perspectives in our stories! We’ll read and discuss pieces that demonstrate multiperspectivity, including b.e.stack’s “lika is still waiting (and we are still watching)”. We’ll specifically analyze: what multiple perspectives do for a story (and why we can’t achieve the same effect with only one perspective); and how to craft and and knit perspectives together.

We’ll specifically analyze: what multiple perspectives do for a story (and why we can’t achieve the same effect with only one perspective); and how to craft and and knit perspectives together…Bring your half-baked story idea; your flimsy first draft; the chapter of your novel that you just can’t get right; and a willingness to turn it on its head.

For writers age 13 – 18 only. Register here!