Continuing Tracks

Explore our Continuing Tracks, a series of three interconnected workshops designed to deepen your understanding in key writing areas. Each track builds progressively, offering you a structured approach to enhance your skills and gain clarity on the subject matter.

This year, dive into the intricacies of Fiction Writing, unlock the potential of Non-fiction Storyboarding, explore the imaginative world of Children's Literature, or master the fundamentals with Editing Essentials. These immersive sessions will elevate your craft and enrich your writing journey.

SESSION ONE: Character and Plot Development

Dive into strategies to develop strong and relatable characters and how to build character arcs that highlight a character’s growth. We will also study how to construct plots that are compelling, that move the story along, and that bring the readers to a satisfying ending.

SESSION TWO: Point of View and Setting

Examine point of view—what is it, which POV to use, and how to write deeper POV that will have your readers falling in love with your characters and will turn reading from an activity into an experience. In addition, we will discuss the importance of a strong setting and how that can influence the story to the point of becoming another character.

SESSION THREE: The Nitty Gritty

Now we turn our focus to the little and not-so-little elements that can take your writing from basic to brilliant. Among these items are showing vs. telling, passive vs. active sentences, strong scene and chapter beginnings and endings, using strong verbs, dialog tags vs. beats, and so on. When done well, it’s these little things that will have editors and readers taking notice of your work.

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