Online
With Wednesday, February 12th
10:00 – 12:00 EST
Online via Zoom
There’s a story you want to tell – a story about your family’s past, maybe, or a story about a place and time that intrigues you. But where do you start? Writers often believe the first step is research, so they dive into historical works or pore through family journals and letters. But how do you know when enough is enough?– or where the essential discoveries lie? When is it time to stop researching and start writing? And how do you integrate the historical facts into a compelling narrative without sounding like a textbook or losing track of your story? In this workshop, you’ll learn a new approach to getting your historical novel onto the page, with tools and strategies you can take away and use long after our session is over.
In this workshop you can expect:
This workshop will be recorded and available for purchase on our “Workshops On Demand” tab on our website.
Barbara Josselsohn is the author of a series of three sweeping historical novels set in Italy during World War 2: Secrets of the Italian Island, The Lost Gift to the Italian Island, and The Forgotten Italian Restaurant. Her previous novels include The Lilac House, The Cranberry Inn, The Lily Garden, The Bluebell Girls and The Last Dreamer. Her articles and essays appear in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Writer’s Digest, Parents Magazine, Westchester Magazine, and other publications. Barbara has taught novel and essay writing at numerous venues and privately. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and is coordinator of the Scarsdale Library Writers Center. Her next historical novel is scheduled to release in mid-2025. For more details visit her at www.BarbaraJosselsohn.com.
