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Imagining the Future: A Speculative Writing Workshop

A Virtual Event with Author Tara Campbell

Tara Campbell, author most recently of 'City of Gargoyles,' leads a virtual speculative fiction writing workshop. This is a Humanities WA Speakers Bureau event.

In this hybrid lecture and interactive writing workshop, audiences will learn a brief history and definitions of speculative fiction—an umbrella term that encompasses the genres of science fiction, fantasy, space opera, supernatural, horror, etc. We’ll then engage in writing exercises to give participants an opportunity to write in the genre, starting with a warm-up prompt before tackling questions about how issues like climate change, genetic manipulation, or artificial intelligence might affect them in the decades to come. 

Developments in science and technology affect people of all genders, races, and nationalities, so we should all have a voice in exploring the changes we’ll face. This workshop will empower participants to start imagining—and writing—the world of the future.  

This event is sponsored by the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.

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