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Edgy YA: Don't Dumb It Down! with Martha Engber

Genre-YA Edgy YA: Don't Dumb It Down! with Martha Engber

Level
Mixed
Category
  1. Genre
The LIVE webinar will be presented on ZOOM. For more information on how to access Zoom for your first Zoom meeting, please check out HERE.

When Martha Engber wrote WINTER LIGHT, she didn’t set out to write a YA novel, and she’s sure that’s the reason the book won the 2021 IPPY Gold Medal in Young Adult Fiction.

In this webinar, Ms. Engber, author of GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS FROM THE GROUND UP, will explain why authors often self-censor when writing realistic fiction for teens and why it’s imperative they avoid the trap; and she’ll give three techniques to help authors stay true to their characters. She invites participants to bring their current works in progress and will include short writing exercises to demonstrate the power of putting characters first.
Outline
This is a live webinar. A recording will be available later the following week for a specified amount of time.

The LIVE webinar will take place at 5:00 p.m. EST. Don't know what time that is? Check out the Time Zone Converter.
Author
martha-engber.com
Start date
Sep 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM
End date
Sep 12, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Registration end date
Sep 12, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Rating
5.00 star(s) 2 ratings

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I loved the writing exercises, the examples and ties to the history of YA, and overall engaging, intelligent discourse in this presentation. It was well-paced, informative, and thought-provoking hour!
Martha's workshop on Edgy YA was great. It reminded me to follow my author's instincts. Writing exercise prompts were really useful in getting me to focus on my characters and the story they should be telling.