Poets & Writers Theater
Every day we share a new clip of interest to creative writers—author readings, book trailers, publishing panels, craft talks, and more. So grab some popcorn, filter the theater tags by keyword or genre, and explore our sizable archive of literary videos.
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“Many stories with real urgency and momentum grow out of a simple request; someone says to someone else, ‘There's something I want you to do.’” Charles Baxter, author of the short story collection There’s Something I Want You to Do (Pantheon, 2015), delivers a lecture on dramatic structure and how to create urgency and momentum in stories for the Word Works series at Hugo House.
Tags: Fiction | 2015 | Charles Baxter | Richard Hugo House | plot | Word Works | There's Something I Want You to Do | Pantheon -
Matthew Stadler, cofounder of Publication Studio, one of the innovative presses featured in the new issue, gave this talk at Richard Hugo House's first writers conference, on May 22, 2010. The theme of the event was "Finding Your Readers in the 21st Century."
