Finding an Angle: When Perspective is Plot with Jenny Xie

Managing plot can feel daunting, but another way to approach the question is obliquely—through playing with perspective. What happens when one character is filtered through the lens of another? Or when we leap forward to another vantage point in time? This session will investigate how unexpected choices and changes in point of view can yield tension, intrigue, complexity, and revelation that drive the story forward, creating an engine that both supports and challenges more traditional notions of plot. We’ll learn from the masterful restraints and reveals of Alice Munro, the unsettling omissions of Han Kang, the altered states of Denis Johnson, and more in a blend of discussion, writing, and Q&A.

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