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. Other areas such as scene and sequel and the architecture of a novel are discussed. Please join me as we journey through the development of characters, archetypes plus more. More class material may be added. Discussion/questions throughout class.

Syllabus
First Week:
Characterization: Character profile questions and interviewing your characters.
Character Creation: Point Of View, Archetypes
Creating Character Backstory and When to Use It
Plot : What is Plot? What does it do?
Where To Begin
Tension and Conflict
Characterization: Character is Action
Plot: Plot is Action
The Blending of Characterization and Plot
Characterization and Plot: GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict.
The Romance: Keep the tension.

Second Week
Characterization: Writing strong characters and character
viewpoint
Plot: Stimulus and Response
Storytelling Structure
Characterization: Three Dimensional Characters
Plot: Scene and Sequel
No
Sagging Middles
Plot Sketches
Techniques to Establish Pacing
Key
Elements in a Commercial Story (Swain)
Marketing/Submissions

Who: Tambra Kendall loves writing paranormal romance. She is published with Red Rose Publishing, Aspen Mountain Press and Whiskey Creek Press Torrid. Over the years, she’s taught online classes for various RWA chapters, other online writing organizations and has been an adjunct professor at San Jacinto College. Her most recent publication is “Cowboy of the Night” in “Legends of Loving Texas” series from Red Rose Publishing.

When: November 9, 2009 through November 23, 2009

Where: This workshop will be conducted via a Yahoo! email loop. Email invitations will be sent 48 hours prior to the beginning of the workshop.

How: Just register at www.romance-ffp.com/event.cfm?EventID=68 for the workshop and complete the payment process via PayPal. The cost is $10.00 for FFnP members and $20.00 for non-FFnP members.

This post was submitted by Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter of RWA.

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