EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This course will teach you the art of storytelling. The faculty will discuss finding your overwhelming idea and the genesis of your novel. Point of view, revelation, the precipitating event, scene, dramatic narrative, and the opening sentence will be discussed to help you plot your novel. Attendees are encouraged to bring excerpts of their work for reading aloud, comment, and critique. Questions will be welcomed.

FACULTY
John Hough, Jr.  is the author of the novels A Two Car Funeral, The Guardian, The Conduct of the Game, The Last Summer and Seen The Glory: A Novel Of The Battle Of Gettysburg. He is also the author the non-fiction works A Peck of Salt, A Dream Season, and A Player For a Moment. He is a former speech writer for United States Senator Charles Mathias and a former writer for the New York Times while serving as the assistant to James Reston. John is an experienced writing teacher and coach. He resides on Martha’s Vineyard.