Yosemite Romance Writers Online Workshop: Perfect People Are Boring/Secondary Characters

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Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for October.
Date: 10/5/09 – 10/30/09
Workshop title: Perfect People Are Boring/Secondary Characters
Perfect People Are Boring will look at memorable characters from classic romances and popular movies and show how their flaws set up story conflict and internal conflict. Beth Cornelison will [...]

Yosemite Romance Writers Online Workshop: Mastering Point of View

**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**
Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for October.
Date: 10/5/09 – 10/30/09
Workshop title: Mastering Point of View
What’s the secret every successful author knows and most new authors don’t? It’s point of view (POV). In this workshop, Diane will show how truly understanding and mastering point of view [...]

Yosemite Romance Writers Online Workshop: Moving from Writer to Author

**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**

Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for October.

Date: 10/5/09 – 10/30/09

Workshop title: Moving from Writer to Author

Do you have a novel that is almost complete or now ready for revision? Have you been wondering what steps you should take to solicit useful feedback before [...]

How to Write Power Sentences Presented by June Diehl Nov 2 – Nov 16, 2009

You’ve developed real-life characters, learned to do more showing than telling, reworked description to become woven into characters and action, know how to write hooks and cliffhangers, make use of metaphors, flashbacks, and other devices. But what about something that is the basic of all good writing: sentence structure? What power does your writing have [...]

Building Blocks of Fiction: Characterization and Plotting Presented By Tambra Kendall

What: Learn how characterization and plotting weave together to make your story come alive. Knowing how to blend together characterization and plotting is essential. Being weak in either area can keep you from obtaining the contract you seek. This course will cover character development using GMC which in turn leads us to plotting. [...]

Inspiration 9.28.09

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.~ Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881)

What an Editor Wants Presented by Patricia Tanner

This intensive two week workshop will give you a head’s up on how to make your manuscript stand out in the crowd as well as a Q&A session.
The Agenda:
Day 1: Do Your Homework- know the publisher or agent you are querying
Day 2: Does your story start in the right place?
Day 3: GMC
Day 4: POV
Day 5: [...]

Agents: How to Find Them, Hire Them, Work with Them, and Fire Them led by Author Kara Lennox

What: ALL ABOUT AGENTS
Conventional wisdom says it’s harder to find a good agent than a good editor, but these days, having representation is almost a must. In this down-and-dirty workshop, get the real, unvarnished truth about what agents are looking for. We’ll discuss:
–what an agent can and can’t do for you and [...]

Who Dares Wins: Warrior-Writer Presented by Bob MayerWho Dares Wins: Warrior-Writer Presented by Bob Mayer

What:
WHAT IS WARRIOR WRITER?
Warrior Writer is a holistic approach that gives the writer a road map to become a successful author. Warrior Writer integrates the artist’s creativity with the business savvy needed to succeed in publishing. This workshop covers all aspects of an author’s role from creator of the book to being an [...]

Writing the Breakout Novel Study Group

Join us starting October 5, 2009 as we work our way through applying Donald Maass’s Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook to our current WIP. We’ll be doing a chapter a week and working until we reach the end of the workbook. We’ll read the chapter and do the exercises at the end and post the [...]