A three-hour workshop in copying, rebuilding, and playing — named after Robert Louis Stevenson's practice of teaching himself to write by imitating the masters.
Participants copy a Shakespearean sonnet, a Basho haiku, and a Stevenson paragraph by hand, then rebuild each from memory and compare what changed. They watch and transcribe two scenes from a modern horror movie. In a live observation exercise — The Sitter — a performer reads aloud from Aldous Huxley while participants write what they see, then compare scenes across the room.
The second half moves from page to feet: small groups read, unpack, rehearse, and perform a short original scene built around subtext and a buried subject.
Participants keep the workshop booklet, which includes a full Story Craft reference appendix.
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