Telling Stories | Geoffrey Gevalt | Substack

After seeing a raccoon, baby partridge, a bear -- and then something knocked the vireo nest down (did the babes fly?), a wood thrush and a hermit thrush…

Jun 6 •

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Fred – June 6, 1944

A story of an improbable coincidence that gave me the story of my father's day after landing in the second wave of the Normandy invasion -- a subject he…

Jun 6 •

Geoffrey Gevalt

The June Lineup

A noon Photo Story workshop in two parts and the month's Thursday Night Live Writing Session. All free. Details and sign-up links.

Jun 5 •

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Thursday Night Live Writing Session

June's session will be at 7 pm June 26. Limited seats.

Jun 5 •

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June 11th Noon Photo Story Workshop

SIGN UP for the Workshop by Clicking Here

Jun 4 •

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Hiram Falls Sketches

The Original Opening to Hiram Falls

For several years, this was the opening to my novel; then two editors suggested I take a different tack. I agreed. But I still like this one.

May 27 •

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A 17-year-old Hiram Falls girl keeps her thoughts tucked in her diary as she tries to make sense of a life of hardship, sadness ... and joy.

Jan 16 •

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A country doctor, exhausted from his work, makes an emergency house call in the middle of the night, in the middle of the storm.

Jan 15 •

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The story of a Hiram Falls woman whose life is saved by someone, though she is not sure who, or what, he was. Did she see it at all?

Jan 14 •

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A Writer's Journey

5. Feedback: A gold mine for a writer

We love it, we hate it, often we don't know what to do with what people tell us about our work. To be able to listen to it, to gain from it, there are…

Feb 11 •

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4. To start again, I needed audience, collaborators and a muse.

I realized just how a project writing Hiram Falls was going to be so I had to line up help, purpose and a routine.

Jan 8 •

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3. A Photograph Unlocks Me

Taking a picture of a farmer at a Vermont agricultural fair got me started again on writing Hiram Falls

Dec 12, 2024 •

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2. Writing Doc and The Man

How writing the second story for stage led to several new characters and an amazing coincidence. Or was it? And gets me thinking of writing a novel.

Nov 19, 2024 •

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On Writing

On Writing: Buildings Have Stories to Tell

How one call to readers brought compelling tales of how people spent their lives working, laughing, falling in love at their workplace long ago.

Feb 20 •

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Challenge – The Six-Word Story

A photo for you to riff upon, and some discussion of how the six-word story can be so much fun and can even involve a 75-piece symphony.

Feb 8 •

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About 'On Writing'

A narrative series (monthly, more or less) often centered on writing my novel Hiram Falls but mostly stories about things I've learned along my writing…

Jan 28 •

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Telling Stories for the Senses

Using audio and a series of photos to create a digital story deepens the readers' experience and engagement with your piece.

Jan 27 •

Geoffrey Gevalt

Stories

Fred – June 6, 1944

A story of an improbable coincidence that gave me the story of my father's day after landing in the second wave of the Normandy invasion -- a subject he…

Jun 6 •

Geoffrey Gevalt

The Story of Dave and the Bad Beer

How a late-night stop at a sugarhouse led to some laughter and good advice

Apr 1 •

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The Mystery Pie

How Aaron came home one day to find a wild blueberry pie on his kitchen table. It was delicious, but where had it come from? Who had dropped it off?

Feb 18 •

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How encouragement sealed with tragedy stayed with me all my life.

Feb 3 •

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Digital Stories

A woman with a sublime love of chocolate and laughter, music and people -- a force to behold.

Apr 22 •

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Finding perseverance in illness

A digital story created for a StoryCenter class I taught -- a personal reflection on my father.

Mar 17 •

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Russell Family Sugarhouse

For seven generations this family in town have made maple syrup in the same sugarhouse in the same way:buckets and horses to haul the sap, wood fire to…

Feb 24 •

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A Giving Thanks Story

My youngest daughter shows me just what she'd do if she wasn't born.

Feb 8 •

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