Offered by Margie Lawson
Come to an Immersion class and deep edit your WIP with Margie.
Learn how to transform your manuscript into a page-turner.
Limited Enrollment – 6 participants per session
Location: Margie’s log home at the top of Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado. It's thirty minutes from Boulder, an hour west of Denver.
Transportation is provided from Denver International Airport to Margie's home . . . and back.
PHOTO: Reconnecting at RWA National with IMC grads, Dianna Love (Sherrilyn Kenyon's co-author) and Tracy March. NYT Bestsellers Dianna Love and Sherrilyn Kenyon's next release is in September: ALTERANT. Tracy March's debut novel, GIRL THREE, will be released in May, 2012.
I taught eight Immersion classes in 2011, and they all sold out.
January – 12 - 16; Full! (Forgot to update!)
March 22 – 26; Three Openings
March 29 – April 2; Two Openings
May 3 – 7; Three Openings
July 12 - 16 - FULL! Advanced Immersion: Suh-weet Success Immersion class from Sept., 2011 returns for more!
Contact Margie if you’d like to schedule an Immersion Master Class for your critique group or group of writing friends.
PHOTO: IMC grad, Jaye Wells, author of the Sabina Kane series, RED-HEADED STEPCHILD, THE MAGE IN BLACK, GREEN-EYED DEMON, and recently released, Silver-Tongued Devil.
During the lunch break, participants may walk in the National Forest fifty yards from Margie's home, recline in a hammock, or relax in Adirondack chairs.
Enjoy the view -- and the serenity.
Margie snaps her Deep Editing whip when it’s time to walk back to the house and work.
PHOTO: IMC grad, Joan Swan. Joan landed a two-book deal for a paranormal romantic suspense serie s with Kensington Brava. FEVER will debut in March, 2012, followed by BLAZE.
IMC Prerequisites:
These three on-line courses or Lecture Packets:
- Empowering Characters’ Emotions
- Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices, and More
- Writing Body Language and Dialogue Cues Like a Psychologist
NOTE: Even if you have attended ECE or Deep Editing or Writing Body Language in a full day master class, it is important for you to have covered all the material offered in these three courses prior to attending the Immersion class. You can meet the prerequisites by taking the on-line courses or completiing the Lecture Packets.
Requirements: Bring a minimum of 150 pages (hard copy), or a full manuscript (hard copy).
Expect to work for three full days (plus the afternoon and evening you arrive) dissecting, analyzing, and deep editing.
Process: Margie will review her Deep Editing techniques and analysis. She works with writers individually each day--analyzing and deep editing. Each writer’s voice and style remain intact, while psychological power is enhanced.
PHOTO: Authors NIkki Duncan and Heather Long drove up from Dallas. They focused on deep editing and rhetorical devices for hundreds of miles. Nikki's photo (below) was taken at Dushanbe.
Goals:
Total immersion in Deep Editing techniques and systems, including:
- Writing the full range of Body Language and Dialogue Cues
- Empowering Visceral Responses
- The EDITS System
- One Sentence Analysis
- 30 Rhetorical Devices
- The Four Levels of Powering Up Emotion
- Margie’s Five Question Scene Check List
No worries! Margie provides review sheets for each topic.
Participants will analyze and apply Deep Editing strategies to their scenes in layers, with hands-on direction and Deep Editing critique from Margie.
Registration Fee: $500
Fifty percent of the registration fee is refundable until two months before class. Less than two months before class, the fee is not refundable.
- Two Dinners
- Four Breakfasts
- Three Lunches
- Brain-food snacks, fitness snacks, and comfort snacks
Photo: Left to right: Lisa Norman and Saralee Etter -- all smiles at the end of Day 2.
Saralee Etter's debut novel, A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT, was a Golden Quill finalist.
The group goes out to dinner twice. Those two dinners are the only meals not included in the registration fee.
Please inform Margie of special dietary needs.
PHOTO: Tracey Devlyn's writing garnered a three-book deal. Her debut novel, A LADY'S REVENGE, will be released October, 2011.
Kick-off Dinner at Margie’s Home ---- Meet, Greet, and Eat!
- Meet and Greet and Start Working -- 4:00PM – 6:00PM
- Dinner – 6:00 PM – 8:30PM
Day 2: First Full Day of Immersion Master Class
8:00 – 8:45: Breakfast and Goals Plan of Day
8:45 – 12:00: Deep Editing Power
12:00 – 12:45: Lunch and Learn
Photo: Cindy Kiel, focused.
12:45 – 4:00 Deep Editing Power
4:00 – Drive to Boulder (transportation provided)
4:30 – In Boulder, IMC'ers take turns:
Photo: 2009 IMC grad, Sandra Van Den Bogerd, writing as Sandra Orchard, was a Double Daphne Winner. Sandra's debut novel, DEEP COVER, Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense, will be released Sept, 2011.
- Exploring the open air pedestrian mall on Pearl Street.
- Pursuing individual Deep Edit reviews of manuscripts with Margie at a coffeehouse on Pearl St.
6:30 – Dinner in Boulder at the Russian Tea House, Dushanbe.
Dinner -- Fair game for edu-fun!Rhetorical Ping Pong: Using rhetorical devices in conversation. Review sheets permitted!
Photo Above: IMC group enjoying dinner at Dushanbe.
Photo: Left to Right: Courtney Kaul and Adrienne Giordano in a reader's recreation room of Margie's home.
Adrienne Giordano's debut romantic suspense, MAN LAW, followed by A JUST DECEPTION, were released in 2011.
Day 3:
8:00 – 8:45: Breakfast and Goals Plan of Day
8:45 – 12:30:: Deep Editing Power
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch
1:30 – 6:00: Deep Editing Power
6:00'ish -- Casual dinner at Margie's house. Margie keeps working with some individuals after dinner, other IMC'ers may work together, or alone, or retire to the lodge.
Day 4:
8:00 – 8:45: Breakfast and Goals Plan of Day
8:45 – 12:30: Deep Editing Power
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch
1:30 – 6:00: Deep Editing Power
6:30: Dinner at Wondervu Restaurant -- a two minute drive from Margie’s home, transportation provided.
Photo: IMC celebrating at the Wondervu Restaurant: Back row, left to right: Daphne finalists Ann Fischer and Linda Baxter flank me. Front row, left to right, Cher Gorman, Tracy Mastaler, Dianna Love (in hat), and Evelyn Ray.
Day 5: The Last Morning:
8:00 - 10:00: Breakfast at Margie’s home; Immersion Class Wrap-Up
-- Transportation provided to airport
Registration: To Register for an Immersion Master Class session, or for more information, Contact Margie.
LODGING: Eldora Lodge
Immersion class members stay at the Eldora Lodge, next to Margie’s home. You can see the lodge deck from Margie’s deck.
Eldora Lodge offers discounts to IMMERSION MASTER CLASS participants:
- Rooms discounted to a super deal of $69/night.
- All rooms have microwave, frig, and access to deck with hot tubs
- Magnificent view over the canyon
The Eldora Lodge only has nine rooms. Book early!
Please make lodge reservations by phone -- CALL: 303-642-7181
QUESTIONS about Immersion Master Class sessions? Contact Margie.
