You know the feeling – when you start a book and immediately suspend disbelief to fall into the story world. As authors, we know that this isn’t easy to do. It takes more than a good scene. It takes a maestro of craft to pull it off.

This is a writing master class. If you’re past problems with POV, character development and stage direction, this class will help you understand the subtle nuances that can be the difference between a ‘good writer’ and a popular author.

What you’ll learn:

• Anchor the reader in deep POV
• Say it once, say it well
• Triple-duty descriptions
• Get rid of Same old/same old body language
• Dialog tags – who needs them?
• Write tight
• Tell us what we don’t know
• Trust your reader
• Backstory slivers – no dumps here!
• How to write fully rounded characters

Who should take this course:

• Writers who understand the basics of Point of View, dialogue, characterization, etc.
• ‘Journeymen’ – meaning those who have finished a story (be it novel, novella or several short stories) but have not yet published.
• Any ready to take their writing to the next level

Lesson Plan

Lesson One:

• Beginnings
• First lines
• Did I start in the right place?

Lesson Two:

• Deep POV
• Dialogue tags
• Be the dude
• Altering time for emotional power
• Whose scene is it, anyway?

Lesson Three:

• Backstory done right
• Make your words do double-duty
• Where to insert backstory

Lesson Four:

• Trust your reader
  • Say it once, say it well
  • Tell us what we don’t know
  • Telling then showing

• All the rest
  • Adverbs
  • Write tight
  • Write fresh
  • Cadence
  • Cliches
  • Description shortcuts

Every lesson comes with reference material; great blogs and articles explaining salient points.

Every lesson has Homework. We'll be posting our beginnings, giving, receiving feedback, and revising.

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