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[bcolor=transparent]Do you want to know Beth’s secret to publishing nearly thirty novels? It’s all in the twist. Bring an idea, an outline, a partial manuscript, a completed draft or whatever you have and work with multi-published author to figure out how to get readers’ jaws [/bcolor][bcolor=#ffffff]drop—for them to be so amazed and enchanted with the sudden twist in your story that they talk it up around that water cooler, over that latte, Tweet about it, post to Facebook and Goodreads and Instagram…well, get the word out. Beth will let you in on her little secret to getting the readers to keep coming back, by staging and unfolding,[/bcolor]
- [bcolor=transparent][bcolor=transparent]1. The perfect set-up,[/bcolor][/bcolor]
- [bcolor=transparent][bcolor=transparent]2. The forked path[/bcolor][/bcolor]
- [bcolor=transparent][bcolor=transparent]3. Who doesn’t deserve what they’ll get?[/bcolor][/bcolor]
- [bcolor=transparent][bcolor=transparent]4. Upping the ante[/bcolor][/bcolor]
- Syllabus
- What gets a story talked about around the water cooler, over that latte or flavored coffee, over the milk shake or diet drink? For those who watched as well as those that read GAME OF THRONES, it was when George R. R. Martin stunned them by killing off major characters. Let’s face it, major characters are usually fairly safe in a tale because…well, they’re major characters!
But do characters have to die to get a story talked about? Heck no! They can do something that seems so out of character (and yet well within the parameters of that character’s makeup) that the reader stares in shock at the page…and then keeps reading! Best-selling NYT fantasy master Brent Weeks has tricked me into this reaction numerous times.
It isn’t just fantasy authors who have the knack of doing this. YOU should have the knack to keep readers coming back, to have contracts be offered by publishers. To end up with totally rabid fans who clamber for the next book.
In THE BEGINNING, THE MIDDLE AND THE TWIST, we’ll spend 4 weeks figuring out how to get readers’ jaws to drop, for them to be so amazed and enchanted with the sudden twist in your story that they talk it up around that water cooler, over that latte, Tweet about it, post to Facebook and Goodreads and Instagram…well, get the word out.
Bring an idea, an outline, a partial manuscript, a completed draft, what-have-you. This is a work in progress workshop for writers looking for the next step forward and feedback from their peers – you know, the other folks in the classroom.
Here’s how we’ll break things down:
Week #1 – THE SET UP
Week #2 – THE FORKED PATH
Week #3 – WHO DOESN’T DESERVE WHAT THEY’LL GET?
Week #4 – UPPING THE ANTE
