Join us for the weekly High Noon lunch and learn series as author David Haynes discusses a piece of advice he often gives the writers he works with: “Think about how you can give your readers a better sense of where the story takes place.”
The characters in Haynes’ stories and novels are strongly influenced by the places they live, be that the streets of Saint Paul lined with craftsman cottages, or in most cases, many and various neighborhoods of Saint Louis City and County. He urges writers to consider how they think about evoking a place, and how the places we live in and love shape our imagination. Haynes will share some examples from his most recent collection, Martha’s Daughter: A Novella and Stories.
Haynes is the author of seven novels for adults and five books for younger readers and is an emeritus professor of English at Southern Methodist University, where he directed the creative writing program for ten years.
