Writing as Digging: Uncover what lies hidden, waiting to be told
With Gabriela Jauregui
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North Oak Cliff Branch Library
Writing isn’t just about telling stories—it’s about excavation: getting below the surface of language, of memory, of what we think we already know. This is how I approached the writing of Feral, my first novel, where a group of friends try to understand who murdered their best friend, a young archeologist and where underground feral archivists dig up the past to create the future. When I sit down to write, sometimes it feel like I’m uncovering something. Something buried under layers of forgetting or deliberately hidden, or maybe just something that's been waiting for the right tool to bring it up into the light. Digging, like writing, isn't always clean or linear. But that’s part of the work. Digging asks us to go slow. To listen. To be uncomfortable. And also to be astonished by what we find.
In this 2-hour workshop, we will approach writing as digging or excavation. Bring a pencil and some paper and be ready to get your hands dirty with words, images, and your imagination!
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Don’t Go Into the Woods at Night! - Making and Reading Dark Stories
With Lauren Brazeal Garza, presented by The Writer's Garret
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North Oak Cliff Branch Library
In this generative two-hour workshop, we will explore the global evolution of scary stories and the important functions they’ve served over time. We will also look at what makes a story scary, and why we are often drawn to horror as a genre. Finally, we will begin working on our own dark narrative based on a writing prompt designed to inspire creativity. Participants will be invited to read their work to the group.
Lauren Brazeal Garzais the author of four books of poetry and fiction, including her memoir-in-verse, Gutter, which chronicles her homelessness as a teenager. Her most recent chapbook, Santa Muerte, Santa Muerte: I was Here, Release Me, features fictional interviews with ghosts. She earned her M.F.A in creative writing from Bennington College and her Ph.D. in Literature from The University of Texas at Dallas, with a specialty in testimonial literature and narratives from marginalized voices. Lauren teaches literature at UT Dallas and regularly offers creative writing workshops at independent writing schools like Writing Workshops (partnered with Electric Lit) and Hudson Valley Writers’ Center.
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How does a manuscript become a book? What goes into selecting, editing, and ultimately publishing a text? In this workshop, two renowned publishers share their experience and open a window into the world of contemporary publishing.
Will Evans, founder of Deep Vellum in Dallas, and Eduardo Rabasa, novelist and co-founder of Editorial Sexto Piso in Mexico, will guide participants through the editorial process—from discovering new voices to shaping a manuscript for publication and bringing it into the hands of readers. Together, they will reflect on the challenges and opportunities faced by independent presses, the value of translation, and the role of editors as cultural curators.
This is a unique opportunity to learn directly from two leading figures in independent publishing and to better understand the path a text takes from idea to finished book.
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What does it take to transform lived experience into published work? In this workshop, writer Lorena De Luna, author of Born on the Border, shares her journey of turning her story as a third generation Mexican-American woman into a poetry collection and bringing it to readers through self-publishing.
Drawing on her personal path, De Luna will discuss how to find the right form for your voice, how to shape personal experience into writing that resonates, and what it means to tell stories that often remain unheard. She will also provide practical insights into the self-publishing process, from preparing a manuscript to building an audience outside traditional publishing channels.
This session is designed both for writers exploring how to tell their own stories—especially those shaped by migration and identity—and for anyone interested in alternative routes to publishing.
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