Words & Ideas · SE Portland
Fundamental Scenes: A Speculative Writing Workshop
Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM · Literary Arts
Fundamental Scenes: A Speculative Writing Workshop is a words & ideas event at Literary Arts (SE Portland) on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM. Tickets are $85.00. An $85 one-day workshop for turning a big personal memory into real writing material. Best for writers stuck on turning a personal memory into material.
- When
- Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
- Where
- Literary Arts
- Cost
- $85.00
- Best for
- writers stuck on turning a personal memory into material
- Energy
- low
- Rain plan
- Indoors — rain-proof
About this event
Every writer has moments that seem larger than themselves: a night sky, a death, a first encounter with art, a dream, a sentence in a book, a city seen from above, a strange conversation, a childhood image that never stopped working. This one-day workshop helps writers return to one such moment and begin shaping it into literary material. We will discuss a few brief examples of writing that moves from concrete scene to large question. Then participants will work through a guided sequence: re-ent
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When is Fundamental Scenes: A Speculative Writing Workshop?
Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM, at Literary Arts in Portland, Oregon.
How much does Fundamental Scenes: A Speculative Writing Workshop cost?
Tickets are $85.00. Prices come from Literary Arts; always confirm on the organizer's page before you go.
What else is happening at Literary Arts?
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