Author Talk: Benjamin Percy
Participants will become more familiar with Benjamin Percy
Participants will enjoy an outstanding literary reading
Participants will become more knowledgeable about the writing experience
Participants will enjoy direct access to a talented author
1. Did you enjoy the presentation tonight? If yes, what was your favorite part?
Yes: 27
No: 1
Comments:
• How he described crafting stories and using structure of other stories to analyze them
• Very entertaining
• Humor
• All of it – his voice and the reading of book passages
• All of it
• The author readings – cool voice – I enjoyed the explanations of his craft.
• He’s funny
• He joked a lot and it wasn’t boring. Continually keeping it interesting
• Very comical
• Just learning about how he writes his books!
• The comedy
• I loved his stories
• How he taught with humor. He caught our attention and he kept it by using humor, rather than just talk about his writing. Good tactics
• I liked his personality and how he explained how he writes his books
• Excellent speaker!
• Interesting way to talk about literature and also humorous
• Really funny and cool to hear the way he writes his books
• Book readings
• He was entertaining and informative on his style of writing
• The voice!
• When he read his work. Nice stuff on writing process
• His humor, comparisons were great
• Description of his methodology
• Oh my gosh – so good! Thanks so much!
2. Were you familiar with Percy’s work before hearing about this event?
Yes: 6
No: 22
Comments:
• Vaguely
• 1 newspaper article
3. Did you learn anything new about the writing process tonight?
Yes: 28
No: 0
Comments:
• Definitely
• Very interesting
• So much!!
4. Did enjoy meeting with the author?
Yes: 28
No: 1
5. Please list suggestions for types of programs you would like the library to hold:
• More like this one! Very entertaining and informative
• Local authors
• Keep bringing authors!
• More like this
• Magic shows
• Local authors like Percy, who use humor and other tactics to teach us, captivate us, and not bore us. Maybe a publisher, to see how the process continues
• More like these
• Newer writers
• Same thing
• Something on memoir
• Historical programs
6. Where did you hear about this program?
Library: 13
Friend/Relative: 2
Newspaper Article: 2
Facebook: 2
Library email: 2
Poster at business: 3
New Ulm Library: 1
Teacher : 6
School: 3
English class: 1
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