Do you have a novel in your filing cabinet that's been collecting rejections? Or maybe you stuffed it in a drawer and gave up hope. The Bootcamp 4 Writers was designed for you. Bring you book (or at least the outline), a pen, and your rolled up sleeves. By the end of the day, you'll see why your characters and plot broke down, and have all the pieces to put it together and write a winning novel.
Connie Flynn's . . .
Writing Popular Fiction
BOOTCAMP®
WHEN: Saturday, December 6, 2008 — 9:00am to 5:00pm.
LOCATION: 2942 N. 24th Street, Phoenix
FEE: $85 — $75 if registration received by November 20, Fee includes all workshop materials
Questions? Email Connie Flynn at Bootcamp for Novelists
OVERVIEW OF THE WRITING POPULAR FICTION SEMINAR
SEGMENT I . . . Character and Plot
You'll get real tools to help you make characters three-dimensional, devise goals that automatically cause them to drive the story and build reader sympathy, You'll develop and use a character diamond that creates dynamic conflict between characters. Get techniques for writing believable dialogue. Discover why conflict is the basis for all popular fiction. Develop a plot statement to build your book upon. Learn techniques that help you write a skeleton outline using seven basic plot elements.
SEGMENT II . . . Pacing, Structure and Pulling It Together
You'll learn why cause and effect is the foundation for writing compelling fiction, and why the motivation/reaction unit is the foundation for every sentence and paragraph.. You'll be given techniques to control pacing, and learn how action and introspective scenes move the story. You'll get tools for self-editing, mastering active voice, and learn how to choose vivid words that make your scenes and characters come alive. Working with outlines and weaving in sub-plots will also be covered.
Worksheets will be provided for each segment, with time allotted to complete them.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Connie Flynn's ten novels span the romance sub-genres of paranormal, romantic suspense and humor. Her paranormal novels consistently hit on-line best-seller lists and her most recent release, THE DRAGON HOUR, won Romance Writers of America's FF&P Chapter's PRISM Award for best time-travel romance. Connie teaches in the Creative Writing program at Phoenix College, with emphasis on fiction writing as it pertains to the novel and facilitates an 8-week workshop on Writing the Romance for ASU's Virginia G Piper Creative Writing Center. She is currently working on a female detective suspense series set against the raucous and unpredictable backdrop of Las Vegas, Nevada, with an ex-cop, now bodyguard, heroine who's dealing with family and ex-husband issues while chasing and being chased by bad guys. What's more, she does it all in stiletto heels.
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