- Level
- Mixed
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- Premium Members $40 & Basic Members $50
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- Category
- Characters
- Description/Setting
- Structure
- GMC
- Voice
- Worldbuilding
- Writer's Life
- $5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
- BRAIDCONFLICTKNIGHT2023
- Class Length
- 4 Weeks
The basic building blocks of romance fiction are conflicts: internal, external, and romantic. Strong conflicts drive readers to keep reading in order to discover who wins.
No matter how beautiful the writing is, if the conflict isn’t strong enough, the reader will get bored and go read something else. Great conflicts, on the other hand, can turn a book into a bestseller and an author into an autobuy.
New York Times bestselling author Angela Knight explains how she designs conflicts for maximum punch, then uses them to construct a climax that is both unpredictable and powerful. She provides students with worksheets they can use to design their own conflicts, then determine how to resolve them in an emotionally satisfying way.
She will also provide a character creation tool and plotting grid.
No matter how beautiful the writing is, if the conflict isn’t strong enough, the reader will get bored and go read something else. Great conflicts, on the other hand, can turn a book into a bestseller and an author into an autobuy.
New York Times bestselling author Angela Knight explains how she designs conflicts for maximum punch, then uses them to construct a climax that is both unpredictable and powerful. She provides students with worksheets they can use to design their own conflicts, then determine how to resolve them in an emotionally satisfying way.
She will also provide a character creation tool and plotting grid.
- Outline
- Besides the lessons, you’ll get a set of worksheets you can use to develop your plot and characters.
You’ll also be able to email Angela scenes from your current book for a private critique. Since she's a professional editor, she can tell you how to better craft your work to get an editor or agent’s attention.
Here’s a list of lessons I’ll post on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays:
- Introduction: The importance of Conflict
- This is your brain on storytelling
- Gearing up for romance.
- Internal Conflict as the Heart of Three-Dimensional Characters
- Romantic Conflict as the Spine of the Romance
- External Conflict as the Skeleton of the Plot
- Building the Plot
- Writing Action Turning Points
- Writing powerful Turning Points for Conflicts
- Writing The Black Moment
- Dissecting the Climax of Arcane Heart
- Choreographing the Villain’s Coup De Grace
- Conclusion and the HEA
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
