Class: Martha Engber - Growing Great Characters: Advanced Scene Writing

Book Passage Class
Corte Madera store, $105
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Intermediate to advanced writers, who are serious about creating fantastic, dynamic scenes in which every sentence pops, are invited to this workshop. Each participant will bring a scene from her/his current work-in-progress, with the intention of putting the scene under the microscope to discover the multitude of tiny factors that, if handled properly, create tremendous impact. Through writing exercises, discussion, and mini-critiques, we’ll talk about: where a scene begins and ends; how to track every emotional shift; what it means if we get stuck; how to interpret feedback; and how to check for the factors that should be in every scene, thus ensuring consistency. Although the workshop is designed to follow Grow a Great Character, Grow a Great Plot! on Oct. 9, in which writers learn to more fully develop their characters, all writers are welcome.

Martha Engber is an editor, and author of the novel The Wind Thief and Growing Great Characters from the Ground Up.