A. L. Kucherenko will present “Crotches, Crucks, and Crutches” at the Tri-Valley Writers September 16, 2023, meeting. Learn how to entice readers to linger in your fictional world with your imaginary characters. Most authors face the convergence of characters and readers. Characters inhabit their own skins and are shaped by their environment. They make choices, express attitudes, and bear certain responsibilities consistent with their cosmos. So do readers, who bring their experiences and expectations into our stories.
Sometimes readers are familiar with the subject. They’ve seen movies and read books. They can look up details on the Internet, and they have opinions. Other readers know nothing, so the writer becomes a guide to a new world. In either case, most authors want their readers to engage in the story. Often, we struggle to find the kernel, the essential truth, that singular gem that captures a time and place or defines a character’s personality. Sometimes our zealous efforts challenge reader perceptions, and we risk losing our audience unless we integrate the two worlds.
A. L. Kucherenko uses examples from her work to illustrate the delicate balance between authenticity and accuracy and how character and reader worldviews mesh to create an environment for her characters that her readers can embrace.
Join us on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Tri-Valley Writers meeting location: Las Positas College, Room 2470 at 3000 Campus Hill Dr. in Livermore. Check-in begins at 1:30 p.m. There is a two-step RSVP & Payment process.
- An Email RSVP is REQUIRED at treasurer@trivalleywriters.org by Thursday, September 14, 2023
- Payment is REQUIRED
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
CWC adult members, $10; nonmembers, $12. CWC student members (ages 14-22), $5; student nonmembers, $8.
A. L. Kucherenko has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area since the early 1960s. She began writing fiction after challenging herself to learn about something she disliked. While studying the Middle Ages, she gained a profound respect for the resilient people who lived then and found that their stories were more relevant to her modern era than she had assumed. Knight’s Pawn is the first book of her Turnabout series. Her last name, acquired in marriage, is Ukrainian, though she is not.