Seeing is often the key to writing with clarity and restraint. Michael Havelin explains how photography can help writers notice telling details, understand space and setting, and gather authentic visual reference. This session encourages writers to balance vivid imagery with narrative flow and offers insight into how observation and critique groups can sharpen craft without overloading the page.
Writing the Southern Noir: Crime Fiction and a Regional Soul
Gregory Stout, Jim Nesbitt, Poppy Gee, Roy Hiller, Steven Womack, and Thomas A. Burns Jr. dig into what gives Southern Noir its unmistakable power. They discuss how place, culture, history, and moral tension shape crime stories rooted in the American South, and how...
