Starts today at 1pm EST:
Discover
13 thinking, writing, and revising tactics!
|
|
In this comprehensive overview, you’ll discover 13
thinking, writing, and revising tactics to help you write tighter, more
polished first drafts. Your stories will include thematic heft,
tantalizing plots, and lyrical prose that ripples with sensory clarity.
At the end of this live webinar, you will have a good
sense of how to tap into your writing strengths and where you should
focus your efforts to improve your work.
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Choosing a powerful conflict to drive your plot
2. Three questions designed to help you determine
whether to use a linear or nonlinear structure
3. Jane’s Plotting Roadmap—integrating plot T
wists, plot Reversals, and moments of
heightened Danger (TRDs)
helps control pace
4. How to develop characters that resonate with
emotional truth
5. Crafting a compelling opening readers can’t resist
6. Isolating your characters to escalate conflict and
suspense
... and so much more!
|
|
|
|
Today, February 22, 1pm EST
|
|
|
|
Instructor: Jane K. Cleland
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jane K. Cleland writes both fiction and nonfiction, including the
multiple award-winning Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries [St. Martin’s
& Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine]
and the Agatha-award winning bestsellers, Mastering
Suspense, Structure & Plot and Mastering
Plot Twists [Writer’s Digest Books, now Penguin
Random House]. She is a member of the full-time faculty at Lehman
College, part of the City University of New York, a mentor at Western
Connecticut State University’s low residency MFA program, a
contributing editor for Writer’s Digest Magazine, and
the chair of the Wolfe Pack’s Black Orchid Novella Award (BONA) in
partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
. She is a frequent workshop leader and guest author at writing
conferences, association meetings, and MFA Residencies. Also, Jane
offers Mystery Mastermind small group virtual workshops.
|
|
|
|
Active Interest Media
2143 Grand Ave Des Moines, IA 50312 USA
|
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment