PUT YOUR CHARACTERS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
Dates: November 4 - 30, 2007
Instructor: Sharon Mignerey
Cost: FREE to FTHRW
members; $20.00 for all others
Registration Deadline: October 26, 2007
Course Description:
Plotting Strategy - Put your Characters in the Driver's Seat
Characters, not plot, drive a story forward. If you've ever
received a rejection to the effect of "this story seems
contrived" or "your
characters don't seem real" this workshop is just for
you.
This workshop includes the following modules, each with exercises
applicable to your current work.
1. Finding the relationship among events, plot, and characters.
2. Getting to know your characters.
3. Jumping into the conflict.
4. Figuring out the narrative focus
5. Putting it all in scenes
6. Adding emotion, then stirring well.
7. Putting your characters in the driver's seat.
About the Instructor:
Sharon Mignerey (www.sharonmignerey.com)
has written books for Silhouette Intimate Moments, Zebra,
and most recently for Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense
(another imprint of Harlequin). FROM THE ASHES is her next
title, which will be released in October 2007. THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
will be out in June 2008. Sharon is a self-confessed dreamer
who knows the only way to make dreams come true is to work
diligently toward their achievement. Part of that is learning
craft, and she is always happy to share what she has learned
through workshops and online courses. She's had articles published
by The Writer magazine, and she's a regular contributer to
The Rocky Mountain Writer with a column entitled Muse Sings.
Sharon's books have won several awards including The Golden
Heart, the National Readers Choice Award, and the CRW Keeper
Award. She's active in RWA chapters both in her new home in
Texas and her old home in Colorado. She was named the 2003
Writer of the Year by Colorado Romance writers, and the 2000
Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.
When she's not writing, you can find her learning how to garden
in the Texan heat where she recently moved or playing with
her two rescued Shih Tzus.
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