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SUMMARY:East Sierra (In-Person): Crossing the Lines and Dotting the Tease: When Fiction Mirrors Memoirs
DESCRIPTION:JEANNIE BARROGA CROSSES THE LINES\, DOTS THE TEASE\nAT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING \nAward-winning playwright and author of “Turn Right at the Water Buffalo” Jeannie Barroga will speak about “Crossing the Lines and Dotting the Tease: When Fiction Mirrors Memoirs” for our general meeting\, Thursday\, September 1\, in the meeting room of Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church\, 633 W. Las Flores. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Visitors welcome. Admission free. Mask requested. \nBarroga explains that “An early beta reader asked ‘Was this memoir all true?’ I said ‘Turn Right at The Water Buffalo’ was not a memoir; it’s a trip with ‘fictionalized facts.’ \nMy notes were thirty years old; the trip\, five years older. Listeners said my verbal details seemed fresher than my written descriptions. As in pitching plays\, a practice nurtured for 40-plus years writing them\, I creatively layer fiction among facts. Review what elicits audience responses\, on screen and onstage: ‘truths”— like the contrasting crunchy and chewy textures of a bagel—should already engage readers. Integrate carefully selected fiction—like ‘fresh lox or unspreadable cream cheese.’ \n“Internally I argued whether any writer needs to tag what is fictitious or not; I say\, no. With seams undetectable between fact and fiction\, a writer needs to tell a gripping\, relatable\, infuriating story\, to cross a line\, to tease\, cap\, and package. Determine in your ‘sandwich\,’ how.” \nBarroga\, Lifetime Dramatists Guild member\, is a published\, award-winning playwright whose works are in Stanford’s Special Collections. Among many plays\, she received the NEA Artistic Excellence Award. Twice a Literary Manager\, she has also directed at LaMama NY\, and acted in the cult film “I Am a Ghost.” \nHer talk will conclude with Q&A and a book signing. We’ll look forward to seeing you there\, and bring your friends. \nNote that in addition to giving our general meeting program at 6:30 in Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church\, Jeannie Barroga will chat informally about “Turn Right at the Water Buffalo” at 2 p.m.\, Thursday\, September 1\, in the back room of the Pizza Factory. For this\, sign up and pay in advance at Red Rock Books; $32 includes the book autographed to you or someone of your choice\, plus tea and scones\, discussion\, and entry in a raffle drawing.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/east-sierra-in-person-crossing-the-lines-and-dotting-the-tease-when-fiction-mirrors-memoirs/
LOCATION:Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church\, 633 W. Las Flores\, Ridgecrest\, CA\, United States
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