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Advanced: Take Your Writing to the NEXT Level with Laura Drake

Craft Advanced: Take Your Writing to the NEXT Level with Laura Drake

New this year at SavvyAuthors!
  1. New!!
Level
Mixed
Basic and Premium Members Prices
Premium Members $25 & Basic Members $35
**Register by August 21 and save $5, use code NEXTLEVEL at checkout!**
Category
  1. Description/Setting
  2. Editing
  3. Dialogue
  4. Structure
  5. Genre
  6. Plotting
  7. POV
  8. Voice
  9. Worldbuilding
  10. Writer's Life
$5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
NEXTLEVEL
You know the feeling – when you start a book and immediately suspend disbelief to fall into the story world. As authors, we know that this isn’t easy to do. It takes more than a good scene. It takes a maestro of craft to pull it off.
If you’re past problems with POV, character development and stage direction, this class will help you understand the subtle nuances that can be the difference between a ‘good writer’ and a popular author.
Here are just a few of the points we’ll be covering:

  • Anchor in Deep POV
  • Say it once, say it well
  • Triple-duty descriptions
  • Get rid of Same old/same old body language
  • Dialog tags – who needs them?
  • Write tight
  • Tell us what we don’t know
  • Trust your reader
  • Backstory slivers – no dumps here!
  • Fully rounded characters
Author
Laura Drake
Start date
Aug 28, 2017 at 9:00 AM
End date
Sep 10, 2017 at 9:00 PM
Registration end date
Aug 30, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Rating
4.53 star(s) 19 ratings

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Lots of info and support
Laura Drake is full of great information and useful advice. The class dealt with story design issues and how to manage or fix them. A must for writers ready to move beyond the basics.