Learn to create & sustain riveting story tension for an entire novel. Discover the difference between the type of tension that thrills readers VS the type that just wears them down.
Discuss types of tension, as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page.
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Tension is one of the basic building blocks of modern day fiction. If you know how to lay the seeds of tension, and how to coax them, you can transform your fiction from merely noteworthy to exceptional. In this seminar, the different types of tension are discussed, as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page.
Writer's Craft: The Hero’s Journey – Creating a Character Driven Story
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Join award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake as he gives you some tools to create dynamic stories that will make your readers cheer for the character’s triumphs and commiserate their losses.
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All great stories need both a hero and a villain. Join award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake as he presents his class, "Heroes and Villains – Creating a Character Driven Story." This class will give you the tools you need to create both sides of this opposing force. You will learn to create each in a dynamic way that will capture the hearts of your readers, making them cheer for their triumphs and commiserate their losses.
Learn everything you need to know about structuring scenes to create compelling stories.
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Well structured scenes make for compelling story telling. How can you construct powerful scenes for a novel or short story? And how do you string scenes together to create a vivid and stirring piece of writing? Learn everything you need to know about the art of structuring scenes.
Learn how to effectively and properly use Point of View (POV) from Geoffrey Girard, MA in Creative Writing and author of more than sixty speculative stories.
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Narrative Point of View is the most important element of storytelling. The decision of “Who” is telling your story sets the Tone, drives the Plot, and has full control over your readers’ experience. But choosing between First, Second or Third person is only the start. POV options include fascinating questions of When, Why and How and include a fuller range of your POVs’ true identity. A workshop led by Geoffrey Girard, who has an MA in Creative Writing and has sold more than sixty speculative stories; most recently CAIN’S BLOOD and the Stoker- nominated PROJECT CAIN to Simon & Schuster.
Explore the meaning behind the old writer's adage "Show, Don't Tell," discover ways to make your writing more powerful, & learn when you're better off just telling the reader what they need to know.
It's vital that you start the story in the right place if you want to hook a reader. Join us & we'll teach you how to choose the perfect starting point.
Writers have lives??!? Sure enough, they do. Learn what writers' lives are like, how they balance their professional efforts, & what the few remaining sane ones do to stay that way.
We all have our favorite stories -- stories that inspire us or make us think. Learn from some successful writers which stories they love, and why -- & why they think you should read them, too.