Your Can’t Copyright Tropes but You Can Make Them Your Own – Tere Michaels

First, we need to work out why certain tropes attract readers and what their expectations are. Then this workshop will discuss subverting tropes and reinventing approaches, without losing emotional buy-in from the reader.
Hero’s Journey for Lovers – Tere Michaels

In this workshop, we’ll talk about the structure of the romantic journey (based on the Hero’s Journey framework) and how it is the bones of a solid relationship story.