February 12 LRACW Meeting Details

February 12, 2013

12-1 p.m. at FamilyLife

Madelyn Young

 

Mastering POV in Fiction

 

Arkansas author Madelyn F. Young's interactive presentation, “Mastering POV in Fiction,” will address the following topics:

• The three basic kinds of literary point of view
• The advantages and disadvantages of each kind
• Choosing the right point of view for a story
• Changing point of view within a story
• Avoiding the most common errors when using point of view
• Skillfully using dialogue and internalization to reveal point of view

Madelyn has won numerous state and local awards for her short stories, memoirs, and essays. Her book, Views from an Empty Nest: Award-Winning Tales Written after Fifty, was published early in 2012. In her collection of 20 fiction and 11 nonfiction tales, Madelyn shares stories of family loyalty and love, discord, and intrigue. She takes real-life experiences and transforms them into compelling accounts that sometimes take surprising twists in the end.

A retired teacher and school administrator, Madelyn is active in the Village Writers’ Club in Hot Springs Village where she lives with her husband, Robin. They have three children and five grandchildren.

To learn more about Madelyn and her writing, she invites you to visit her blog: http://southernstorylady.wordpress.com


Visitors are always welcome!