Grab Your Readers and Keep the Action Going! 2-Week Intensive – Mary Marvella
Think about the fight scenes when one fighter has a flashback. Nope. The other fighter will beat the character whose attention has stayed. Let’s look at the things we do that slow our action and lose a reader’s attention, like describing every piece of furniture in a room.
Using Emotion to Make Your Protagonist, Antagonist, or Villain Memorable – Mary Marvella
Emotion is the key, even more important than the plot.
Making Sensory Details Make Sense – Mary Marvella
The important thing about them is that we can’t just spread them around without purpose. Let’s look at ways we can add them with purpose. There are 5(or 6 grin) senses
The Postproduction Outline: Keeping Pantsers and Plantsers Alert to What’s Happened and What Needs to Happen Yet! – Beth Henderson
Recently, I tried something different. A Postproduction outline. I created it when I was past the middle part but still a ways to go to hit the conclusion.
Wait, What?! Writing Killer Plot Twists – Cynthia Owens
As readers, we all love to get into a good book with great characters and an engrossing plot line. We also like to guess what’s going to happen. But what we love most of all are those moments when you’re bowled over by some totally unexpected that you didn’t see coming, yet when you read it, it makes complete sense.
Plotting From Character
Have no idea what to do with your characters? Do you have a story but no idea how to structure the plot? This workshop covers some ideas on how to create the story from the inside out.