April: From Madness To Method:Oscar Worthy Characters!

From MADNESS to Method: Out-of-your-chair acting techniques to invigorate your writing and make your characters Oscar worthy!

Instructor: Tiffany Lawson Inman

April 2 - 30

Fee: $30

No matter where you are in the writing process – this class will crack open your psyche to reveal dynamic character, motivation, and reaction; showing you how to activate emotion you never knew you had.

If we held an Academy Awards for the characters in our novels, would yours be a highly acclaimed nominee? Polish those shoes and spray on a sunny tan.  After this workshop your characters will be hitting the red carpet!

From Madness to Method uses the father of all acting techniques, The Method Technique. Writers learn how to create the most real of moments. These exercises push the writer to enhance their emotional repertoire.

This class is for all genres, all levels of writers. The Method Technique will enable your story to live and breathe beyond the page.

From Madness to Method includes lectures, out-of-your-chair exercises, examples from multiple genres, and interviews with NYT bestsellers.

You will learn how to:

• --Access your sense memories to fuel character emotion on the page


• --Turn reality into fiction by awakening your innermost observational skills


• --Thrust your story forward by using every facet of character


• --Manage that pesky inner monologue and backstory


• --Increase your character’s emotional authenticity


• --Write with your scars