Description

The journey to completing a first draft is always bumpy and nebulous, but having the right vehicle (writing exercises, plotting devices, and writing mode) can get your story to “The End” in style. In this generative two-session workshop, participants will use various modes, structures, and forms of writing to enhance their stories and, in turn, their own writing process. We will also explore Sequence and Sequel, and the cause-and-effect relationship of a scene – two intimately connected elements that impact our characters, motivations, and plot. Students will apply these concepts to their own writing in class.

WORKSHOP DATES:

Saturday(s), Nov 1 & 15, 2025, 10am-12:30pm CT, Hybrid (in-person and online via Zoom)

COST:

Nonmember: $125; Member: $108; Student/Educ/Mil: $88

EARN CPEs *SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Guadalupe García McCall is the national bestselling, award-winning author of several young adult novels, some short stories for adults, and many poems. She has received the prestigious Pura Belpré Author Award, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award, and the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award, among many other accolades. Guadalupe is currently an Affiliate Faculty in the MFA Creative Writing program at Antioch University LA. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, where she is working on the Seasons of Sisterhood series, a trilogy of YA novels set in the world of Summer of the Mariposas, published by Tu Books from 2025 to 2027. Spring of the Cicadas, book 1 in the series, is coming in October 2025!