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SUMMARY:Wait\, What?! Writing Killer Plot Twists - Cynthia Owens
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Description: \nAs 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. \nIn Wait\, What?! Writing Killer Plot Twists\, you’ll learn how to write plot twists that will blow your readers’ minds and keep them turning the page. \nTopics covered in this workshop include: What is a Plot Twist?\, which defines the term\, gives the rules for how a twist should be written\, and why we should use them; how to approach a plot twist from the reader’s point of view; how to misdirect your reader with dead-ends\, false hints\, and red herrings; techniques to foreshadow your twist; how to write a twist using flashbacks; how to play upon your readers’ emotions; how to work backward to layer in hints and misdirection; and tips for writing the killer twist. \n***Included in this workshop is Your Character Workbook\, filled with resources\, worksheets\, and more!*** \nInstructor’s Bio: \nI believe I was destined to be interested in history. One of my distant ancestors\, Thomas Aubert\, reportedly sailed up the St. Lawrence River to discover Canada some 26 years before Jacques Cartier’s 1534 voyage. Another relative was a 17thCentury “King’s Girl\,” one of a group of young unmarried girls sent to New France (now the province of  Quebec) as brides for the habitants (settlers) there. \nMy passion for reading made me long to write books like the ones I enjoyed\, and I tried penning sequels to my favorite Nancy Drew mysteries. Later\, fancying myself a female version of Andrew Lloyd Weber\, I drafted a musical set in Paris during WWII. \nA former journalist and lifelong Celtophile\, I enjoyed a previous career as a reporter/editor for a small chain of community newspapers before returning to my first love\, romantic fiction. My stories usually include an Irish setting\, hero or heroine\, and sometimes all three. \nI’m the author of The Claddagh Series\, historical romances set in Ireland and beyond\, and The Wild Geese Series\, in which five Irish heroes return from the American Civil War to find love and adventure. \nI’m a member of the Romance Writers of America and Hearts Through History Romance Writers. A lifelong resident of Montreal\, Canada\, I still live there with my own Celtic hero. I have two adult children.
URL:https://oiwi.org/workshop/wait-what-writing-killer-plot-twists-cynthia-owens/
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