The Novelist’s Handbook: Fiction Writers’ Roundtable | City Lights

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Daniel Alarcón brings together the world’s best contemporary writers—from Michael Chabon and Claire Messud to Jonathan Lethem and Amy Tan—engage in a wide-ranging, insightful, and oft surprising roundtable discussion on the art of writing fiction.

Drawing back the curtain on the mysterious process of writing novels, THE SECRET MIRACLE brings together the foremost practitioners of the craft to discuss how they write. Literary stars like Paul Auster, Roddy Doyle, Allegra Goodman, Aleksandar Hemon, Mario Vargas Llosa, Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Haruki Murakami, George Pelecanos, Gary Shteyngart, and others take us step by step through the alchemy of writing fiction, answering everything from nuts-and bolts queries—”Do you outline?”—to perennial questions posed by writers and readers alike: “What makes a character compelling?”

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.