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Bring Your Settings to Life with Cynthia Owens

Worldbuilding-Setting Bring Your Settings to Life with Cynthia Owens

Level
Mixed
Basic and Premium Members Prices
Premium Members $30 & Basic Members $40

Register by April 15th and save $5, use code SETTINGSOWEN2024 at checkout!
Category
  1. Description/Setting
$5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
SETTINGSOWEN2024
Class Length
4 Weeks
In Bring Your Setting To Life, we will examine various methods for plunging your reader into your setting and making it real.

We will cover:

· The Basics—Time, place and mood.
· World Buildings—Researching your setting.
· Make Your Setting a Character—Give your setting a unique personality.
· Storyboarding—It’s not just for plotting anymore!
· Those Who Forget the Past—The history of your setting.
· Geography 101—Your setting’s geography.
· Moody Blues—Creating your setting’s mood.
· It’s Tradition!—How tradition and folklore can reveal your setting.
· What’s in A Name?: Your fictional setting’s name

Included in the workshop is a workbook with assignments, worksheets, and more.
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.
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Author
Cynthia Owens
Start date
Apr 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
End date
May 20, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Registration end date
Apr 25, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Rating
4.00 star(s) 3 ratings

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I thought many of the central topics were self evident. I was looking for description at a more in depth level.