Lectures on Tap - "How Great Stories Work: Crisis, Plot, and Character"

Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Boston bars. 📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: "How Great Stories Work: Crisis, Plot, and Character" 🎙️ Speaker: Daniel José Older Join us for a captivating evening with Daniel José Older as he unpacks how crisis powers unforgettable storytelling. This lecture explores crisis as the engine that unifies plot, worldbuilding, and character, showing how powerful narratives mirror the way real-world issues suddenly burst into our newsfeeds and national consciousness. We’ll dive into the nuts and bolts of plot while also considering bigger questions about art, politics, and responsibility in literature. Learn how to hurl your characters headfirst into turning points—whether earth-shattering apocalypses, intimate breakups, or anything in between—and why those moments make stories come alive. Daniel José Older, a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic, is the New York Times best-selling author of many comics and twenty books, including the Young Adult novel Shadowshaper, named one of the best fantasy books of all time by TIME and one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. He is an International Latino Book Award winner and has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, World Fantasy Award, Andre Norton Award, Locus, and Mythopoeic Award. Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌 Agenda 6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key. 6:55 PM – Host introduction 7:00 PM – Lecture begins 7:45 PM – Audience Q&A 8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round 8:30 PM – Wrap up.