# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Workshop with Elain Neil Orr
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 09 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: We are thrilled to have Elaine Neil Orr bring her workshop to the store. Cost is $5 upon arrival. Please RSVP.

Topic: "Shape Your Writing By Thinking Outside the Box: How to Get Started"

Acclaimed NC novelist Elaine Neil Orr will lead participants in making a clay sculpture of something that inspires them, from fast-drying clay (provided.) A sculpture inspired the main character in Elaine's newest novel, DANCING WOMAN. Elaine will speak about how using one art form or exercise can open a door for writers to get started, even if you don’t quite know what you want to write. In this case, using a sculpture can lead to finding a beginning in your prose.

Elaine Neil Orr is the author of six books and dozens of essays, short stories, poems, and
reviews. Her current novel, Dancing Woman (Blair), was a finalist for the Sir Walter Raleigh
Award, was named a silver medalist in the May Sarton Awards for historical fiction, and is
currently a Foreword Indie Award Finalist for literary fiction. Her earlier books include the
novels A Different Sun and Swimming Between Worlds, Finalist for the 2019 Phillip H. McMath
Post-Publication Book Award in Fiction and longlisted for the Clara Johnson Award for Women’s
Literature. She is also the author of a memoir, Gods of Noonday, a White Girl’s African Life. She
was born and grew up in Nigeria, the daughter of ex-pat parents. All of her creative writing is
compelled by one idea: the search for home. She is professor of English at N.C. State
University and serves on the faculty of the Naslund-Mann Brief-Residency MFA in Writing
Program at Spalding University in Louisville. She lives in Raleigh with her husband, Andy. Learn
more at elaineneilorr.com
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wake-forest/workshop-with-elain-neil-orr/200030295100437
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Wake Forest
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 415 Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC, United States, North Carolina 27587
- **lat**: 35.97433
- **long**: -78.50871
- **full address**: 415 Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC, United States, North Carolina 27587

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Workshop with Elain Neil Orr being held?
  - **A:** Workshop with Elain Neil Orr takes place on Sun, 09 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 09 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm at 415 Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC, United States, North Carolina 27587.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Workshop with Elain Neil Orr?
  - **A:** Workshop with Elain Neil Orr is organized by Page 158 Books.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Workshop with Elain Neil Orr is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Wake Forest, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Workshop with Elain Neil Orr sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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