HFCN #06: What I’ve Learned From Teaching 8+ Historical Fiction Workshops
Aug 04, 2023
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An exploration of three reader expectations to help us become more discerning readers and more skillful writers of historical fiction. Shoutouts to these writers: Northrop Frye, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, A. S. Byatt, Margaret Atwood, Tony Kushner, Umberto Eco, William Weaver (translator), and Walter Scott.
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An exploration of three reader expectations to help us become more discerning readers and more skillful writers of historical fiction. Shoutouts to these writers: Northrop Frye, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, A. S. Byatt, Margaret Atwood, Tony Kushner, Umberto Eco, William Weaver (translator), and Walter Scott.
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Jenny Bhatt is an author, a literary translator, and a book critic. She teaches creative writing at Writing Workshops Dallas and the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Program. Sign up for her free newsletters, We Are All Translators and/or Historical Fiction Craft Notes. She lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas.
Jenny Bhatt on HFCN #06: What I’ve Learned From Teaching 8+ Historical Fiction Workshops: “Hi Lois. Thanks for responding. Sorry for my delay. Been…” Aug 27, 2023
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