Christine Walker: SENSORY, WHOLE-BODY WRITING: How to bring Memorable Characters Alive on the Page!
February 21, 2026, 11 a.m.
Finley Center in Santa Rosa
Please bring something savory or sweet to share in our potluck!
Note: The February meeting will be in Room 5 at the Finley Center, in the Senior Wing.
| How do writers make the “fabulous” feel real so that readers suspend disbelief? When we are writing from “reality,” how do we guide readers’ emotions in the direction of the story? In this presentation, we’ll examine work by accomplished authors and our own writing for ways to paint vividly with words, enliven narrative, and awaken readers’ awareness through sensory details within a realm of sensory information that says “these characters, this place, this time, this story.” | |
| About the Presenter: Christine Walker is a visual artist and author of the novel “Tap Dancing at the Bluebird” (Sibylline Press) and the memoir “A Painter’s Garden: Cultivating the Creative Life” (Warner Books), and co-author and illustrator of the children’s book “Wooleycat’s Musical Theater.” She has an MFA in Writing and Literature in Fiction from Bennington College and an MA in Creative Arts Interdisciplinary. She is also a consultant in strategic visioning and a writing teacher. She teaches in community venues and online through Sibyl Writing Craft. She lives in Sonoma County. |