Join us for a new event — our salon! At this event, we will discuss an aspect of craft. We’ll read a short story before the event to guide our conversation and enjoy an evening dissecting and analyzing the story and craft behind it.

For our inaugural salon, we’ll be discussing the intrinsic nature of plot and character—how satisfying stories are made when you cannot separate one from the other.

To kick off our discussion, we ask that you read The Merry Spinster by Daniel M. Lavery (PDF linked below). This short story is a spin on the fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast that we’re all accustomed to. But what happens when you change some key aspects of character’s personality and flaws? How much will the story change? From there, we’ll discuss our own theories about the craft and offer each other advice on how to implement it into your own work.

Topic: On the string that threads plot and character.
Story: The Merry Spinster by Daniel M. Lavery
Facilitated by: Daphne Armbruster & Rachel Dunphy