F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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Love is like
electricity: It’s a force that prompts people to make crazy, plot-friendly
decisions, but it’s difficult to control—and sometimes difficult to see. One
of the biggest story challenges is to convey a deep emotional relationship
between characters without resorting to the clumsy and the obvious. Go too
subtle and your reader might not understand that two characters have fallen
in love; too obvious, and it gets theatrical and begins to feel inauthentic.
The trouble is those three little words. They’re melodramatic, they’re
overused, and the only way to amplify them on the page is to do a lot of
behind-the-scenes buildup. An “I love you” on Page 2 is a whimper; an “I love
you” on Page 350 is a bang. In between, you have to hint at what’s going on without
coming out and saying so.
5 INCREDIBLY ROMANTIC LINES THAT DON’T USE THE WORD “LOVE”
- “If
you ever have need of my life, come and take it.” (Anton Chekhov, The
Seagull)
- “You
gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.” (John Green,
The Fault in Our Stars)
- “I
wish I knew how to quit you.” (Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain)
- “If
you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day,
so I never have to live without you.” (A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh)
- “Whatever
our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” (Emily Brontë,
Wuthering Heights)
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Ready to put those
romantic thoughts into a novel? This
course explores why romance is the same, yet different. Some essential
components of romance are unique to the genre, while some romance
requirements are identical to those of any good fiction story. Neither
Stephen King nor Tom Clancy could sit down and write a romance unless he
first familiarized himself with the specific factors that create a successful
romance.
And now through February 14 you can
save 15% when you register for class. Be sure to use code LOVE15 during
checkout!
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Course Starts February 14!
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
Register and Perfect
Your First Ten Pages!
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As many writers
know, agents and editors won't give your work more than ten pages or so to
make an impact. If you haven't got them hooked by then, it's a safe bet you
won't be asked for more material. Make sure you've got the kind of opening
they're looking for! In this invaluable event, you'll get to work with an
agent online to review and refine the first ten pages of your novel. You'll
learn what keeps an agent reading, what are the most common mistakes that
make them stop, and the steps you need to take to correct them. The best part
is that you'll be working directly with an agent, who will provide feedback
specific to your work.
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On
Thursday morning, February 21, you will gain online access to a special
60-minute online tutorial presented by agent and editor Paula Munier. It will
help you clarify what you should be looking for in your work. You will also be notified by email
which agent you'll be working with on the start date, 2/21, by 5 pm ET. While
we accept agent requests, we cannot guarantee that you'll be assigned to that
agent. All agents have the ability to provide feedback in all genres.
Students may take Thursday and Friday to revise their pages, which are due to
be sent to their assigned agent no later than 10:00 am (ET) on Saturday morning, February 23.
(The word count of submissions is strictly limited to 2500 words and it
should be submitted in the body of their email, not as attachments).
All pages with notes will be returned to participants by 10:00 AM (ET) Sunday morning (February
24th). You'll work to revise your pages based on the agent's
specific feedback.
On Sunday, February 24th from 1 pm - 4 pm ET,
Talcott Notch will host an online discussion board. This is your golden
opportunity to ask your burning questions about craft and improving your
writing, as well as industry topics like trends, markets, working with
agents and more. Keep in mind, this is a lively, fast-paced learning environment which will
give you an immense opportunity to learn not only from your faculty but from
the other participants' questions, so please pose questions which
won't require your instructor to stop the discussion to reread your boot camp
submission in the middle of the Q&A, but otherwise, consider the faculty
your treasure trove of industry secrets at your disposal!
By
11:59 PM (ET) Sunday
night on February 24th, you'll return your final revised
pages to your assigned agent for review. Agents will spend the next week
reading the revised submissions assigned to them and will provide a final
brief one-or-two sentence critique of your progress no later than Tuesday, March 5th.
Any one of them may ask for additional pages if the initial submission shows
serious promise.
*All attendees should have the first 10 pages of their novel finished and
ready to submit to the agent prior to the beginning of the event.
In addition to feedback, attendees will have access to "An Agent's Tips
on Story Structures that Sell," an on-demand webinar by Andrea Hurst. |
Boot Camp Runs: February 21 - 24, 2019
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Gina Panettieri
is President of Talcott Notch Literary Services, and has
worked as an agent for 25 years. She currently represents a full range of
adult and children's fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis in fiction on
YA, MG, mystery, women's fiction, historical fiction, and book club fiction.
She currently represents an eclectic range of writers, encompassing everyone
from a former head of Security and Intelligence for NATO Europe, to CEOs of
major corporations and Deans of major medical schools, to stay-at-home writer
moms and amazingly talented teens.
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Paula Munier
Senior Literary Agent & Content
Strategist at Talcott Notch
Literary, Paula has broad experience creating and marketing
exceptional content in all formats across all markets for such media giants
as Disney, Gannett,
Greenspun Media Group, and Quayside
. Although she represents all kinds of projects, right now she's looking for
crime fiction, women's fiction, historical fiction, high-concept SF/fantasy,
romance, New Adult, YA, and middle grade fiction, as well as nonfiction in
the areas of business, pop culture, health & wellness, cooking,
self-help, pop psych, New Age, inspirational, technology, science, and
writing.
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Tia Mele
Despite being an avid reader, writer, and
book-lover, I ended up in school for Music Business. It shouldn’t come as a
surprise that a semester into my degree, I realized my favorite class was
actually the English GenEd I was taking. It only made sense to switch gears,
so I transferred to the University of Connecticut and completed a B.A. in
English. After finishing my undergraduate studies, I went on to earn a M.A.
in English and Creative Writing. I started interning with Talcott Notch
during my last semester at UConn, and I’m so excited to be starting my career
here as a junior agent!
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INVALUABLE FEEDBACK
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Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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