Mastering Fiction - Plotting Techniques of the Professional Writer
Summary:
Plotting is one of the most difficult disciplines in writing to master. This seminar focuses on plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts, building plot, and how to avoid writer's block.
Description:
Plotting is one of the more difficult disciplines to master in writing. Some writers have an innate sense of what makes a story work, but most writers, particularly those early in their apprenticeships, will benefit from plotting. This seminar focuses on various plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts, initial plotting and eventual refinement, how to break the dreaded writer's block and how to avoid it in the first place.
Tension is one of the basic building blocks of modern day fiction. 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.
Description:
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.
Well-structured scenes make for compelling storytelling. In this seminar, you’ll learn how to structure scenes that work whether you’re writing a short story or the next breakout novel.
Description:
Well-structured scenes make for compelling storytelling. How can you construct powerful scenes? And how do you string scenes together to create a vivid and stirring piece of writing? In this seminar, you’ll learn how to structure scenes that work, whether you’re writing a short story or the next breakout novel.
Mastering Fiction - Vibrant Writing Through Connective Tissue
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When used properly, tone, foreshadowing, plot and character will greatly deepen a story. We'll discusses these techniques and how to use them in concert to create a stronger, more vibrant story.
Description:
In writing, there are many different techniques that are rarely discussed together. Foreshadowing, parallel threads, theme, tone, character building, and more. In this seminar, these topics are discussed from the viewpoint of strengthening the story as a whole, taking a story that feels loose and directionless and working with the material that's already there to make it strong and vibrant.
Come meet our Author Guest of Honor Robin Hobb, NYT Bestseller and author of the Realm of the Elderlings books. Ask her all your burning questions about her books, writing, and more.
Learn everything you’ve been dying to know about editors (and Tor) in this interactive Q&A with Tor Books distinguished editor who coordinates Tors' Pathfinder Tales line!
Joshua Bilmes has helped authors like Brandon Sanderson achieve success in their writing careers. Learn everything you’ve been dying to know about writer’s agents in this interactive Q & A!