Upcoming Classes
K
Plot-Structure
Hooking your reader again and again with Kathy Otten
- Kathy Otten
- Begins:
- Single Classes
Learn how to sprinkle hooks throughout your book to keep your reader engaged!
Opened registration for a new class: Plot-Structure Is Your Dark Moment Gray? How to make it black & keep your readers interested w/ Cassandra Carr
Have you ever read a romance and reach the traditional 60-80% complete section and think, "That's it? That's what's going to keep these...
Opened registration for a new class: Research Hearts and Handcuffs: Writing believable police heroes with Angela Knight & cop Lt. Michael Woodcock
Readers love cops, but writing believable police and sheriff’s officers can be difficult if you don’t know the procedures cops use to...
Opened registration for a new class: Webinar The Logline: Why Every Author Needs One and How to Write One That Works with Jeni Chappelle
Loglines are an essential tool for authors of all publishing paths, but condensing your story into a single sentence can be a struggle...
Opened registration for a new class: Craft Your First and Last Chapter with Elizabeth Spaur
Your best marketing tool is your books and their hooks. Everyone always talks about a saggy middle. But what if your reader never gets...
Opened registration for a new class: Business Book Signing Events for Beginners! with Robin Jeffrey
Sign up and learn all the basics of this important aspect of author self promotion. Especially vital for self-published and indie...
Opened registration for a new class: Craft Character Scars - Birthday Scars with Sofia Aves
CHARACTER SCARS delves deep into your character's past to dicover who they will be throughout your story. Knowing who a character was...
Opened registration for a new class: Writing Life Mentoring and Coaching with Editorial Director and Author June Diehl
Are you seeking a coach and mentor who listens? Doesn't squash your writing style? And who provides positive, constructive feedback to...
Opened registration for a new class: Character It Takes a Village: Writing Supporting Characters with Tere Michaels
An exploration of world-building, development of plot and main characters through secondary characters.
At the end of the day, no...
Opened registration for a new class: Writing Life Inadvertent Mentors with Beth Daniels
Do you sometimes feel like banging your head against the wall or desk top (not the keyboard, we don’t want to hurt that!) in frustration...
Opened registration for a new class: Genre How to Maintain Romantic Conflict with Deb Bailey
Without conflict there is no story. Your characters have to grow and they have to be challenged. They fall in love, break up and make up...
Opened registration for a new class: Character Mastering Character Arcs with Peter Andrews
One reason we come to fiction is to experience the changes characters go through. And, while the external journey from maid to princess...
Opened registration for a new class: Webinar Validate Your Book Idea (Before You Start Writing or Pitching) with Katie McCoach
Many of us draft our book and then try to craft a pitch/blurb that makes the story sound as fabulous as we believe it to be. But have...
Opened registration for a new class: Business Writing Your ID with Tere Michaels
Our Ids are all about instant gratification! It’s very specific and primal, and we want what we want...now.
So what does that have to...
Opened registration for a new class: Business Learn the Ins and Outs of Ingram Spark with Anna Denisch
Self-publishing has become a highly effective route for many writers these days. Companies such as IngramSpark have made the once...
Opened registration for a new class: Business Funnel Marketing for Writers with Terri Main
As much as we hate it, writers are in the business of marketing their books and services.
Too often we have a simplistic view of...
Opened registration for a new class: Craft Building the Story of Your Novel – Your Way with Terri Main
If you read enough books on writing, you will notice that everyone has a “one-and-only” way to create the plot of the novel. Some use...
Opened registration for a new class: Business Query Letter 101 with A.L. Padden
Are you knee deep in the querying process but not getting any bites? Do you have a completed manuscript and are ready for the next step...
Opened registration for a new class: Writing Life Podcasting for Authors with Deb Bailey
Podcasts can be a way to market your books, connect with other writers and reach your readers. Right now, podcasts are hot and you can...
Opened registration for a new class: Writing Life Why Following Through is So Important for Writers with Irene S. Roth
Did you ever wonder why some writers are more successful in completing their writing goals while others aren’t? Were you ever curious...
Opened registration for a new class: Craft Understanding Unreliable Narrators with Andrea J. Johnson
We love unreliable narrators like Tyler Durden from Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club or Amy Dunne from Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, but we...
Opened registration for a new class: Craft Get Out of the Box! Spinning Tales & Creating Twists to Plot & Characters with Beth Daniels
The phrase has been around for a long time: THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX! And in the current world of publishing, particularly in genre...
Opened registration for a new class: Webinar Read Like a Pro: Give an Author Reading that Sells Books with Tonya Todd
We study craft courses to polish our prose, attend publishing classes to connect with agents, and learn marketing to sell our books. But...
Opened registration for a new class: Webinar What it Takes To Write a Book - And What it Takes to Sell It with Author Deanna R. Adams
Whether you want to write a nonfiction book, novel or memoir, this class will aid you in getting started. From expanding your idea, to...
Opened registration for a new class: Webinar Collaborative World Building with Debbie Iancu
Collaborative world building is an innovative way to approach the challenges of world building. Many minds are better than one. In this...
Opened registration for a new class: Webinar Mild to Wild: Writing Love Scenes that Sizzle with New York Times bestselling author Angela Knight
In this hour-long presentation, Angela Knight boils down the principles of her month-long class on Mild To Wild: Creating Love Scenes...
Filter
No filters available.
Latest Class Reviews
-
Craft Scene Elements - Action/Reaction, Scenes/Sequels with Cassandra CarrGreat information in the class, and I loved the logical way the class unfolded. I've got a nice...- Hollie
-
Genre Plotting and Planning: How to Write Your Cozy Mystery with Lori DevotiThis was an excellent class for me. I've written a romantic comedy trilogy where I didn't really...
- Valerie Taylor
-
Writing Life Mentoring and Coaching with Editorial Director and Author June DiehlI am finally getting somewhere with my manuscript! This class has been wonderful! If you are...
- Paula White