STORY AEROBICS: SHAPING UP SAGGING MIDDLES
Dates: July 16 - 31, 2007
Instructor: Ann Jones-Rodriguez
Cost: FREE to FTHRW
members; $15.00 for all others
Registration Deadline: July 11, 2007
Course Description:
After a brilliant start, does your story slow down and loose
it's sparkle? Do your characters run out of things to say?
Too early in the story for a love scene, and you don't have
a dead body to thrown in?
Learn how to confront these stumbling blocks that cause your
problem scenes with a few simple steps and exercises. Learn
to define the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the
real situation. Recognize how your story choices can help
strengthen motivation, or change the direction for more realistic
conflicts. Learn how not to get stuck on minor characters
or problematic scenes, and put your time into pages that will
move your plot forward.
Areas covered:
- Enhancing your tension
- Upping the stakes
- Adding realistic conflict
- Cutting the "deadwood" to move your story forward
Get to the heart of the difficulty and extrapolate the answer
to get your scene flowing again to engage your reader in this
2 week workshop.
About the Instructor:
Growing up around ghosts and having written stories since
her teens, native Texan and published author Ann Jones-Rodriguez
(writing as Raquel Rodriguez) is used to things that go "bump"
24/7. With a passion for Science Fiction, anything paranormal,
Space Opera, and writing romance, Ann blends these elements
into her passionate stories with twists of action and suspense.
She has studied, taught and lectured about Parapsychology
for over 25 years, utilizing Astrology, Tarot, Astrological
Tarot and Vogler’s 12 steps to plot her stories. Ann's
personal motto is, "Never give up, never surrender!"
and she writes at least five romance stories per year. For
more information, please visit Ann's website at www.AnnJR.com,
or
www.RaquelRodriguez.com.
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