Online September 16-30, 2024 Class
The Nice Girl’s Guide to Conflict
Online Workshop with Sally Kilpatrick
September 16-30
Are you having trouble getting an agent or getting sold? Do you often get comments like “your story is too quiet” or “you might want to check out GMC”? These are the tricks and tools that I use to add more conflict to my stories because conflict makes story, and story is what sells.
About the Instructor
Sally Kilpatrick is the USA Today bestselling author of seven novels and counting. She has won multiple awards, including the 2018 and 2019 Georgia Author of the Year. She lives in Marietta, GA with her lone husband, two kids, and two cats. You can find her at www.sallykilpatrick.com or on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook as @Superwritermom.
Registration cost for this two-week course is:
- $20 for COFW members
- $25 for all others
About the Google IO Group
Our Education Chair is using Google IO Groups, and your invite should come out around 9/14/24. You will not receive any email until then. The fact that PayPal gave you a success message is your confirmation you’ve been registered.
Register now, before we fill up. This is another superb instructor and course.
CHARACTERIZATION: MAKING STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES WORK FOR YOU (or No More Mary Sues!)
Online Workshop with Linnea Sinclair
Oct. 1-31
Down with one-dimensional cartoon-like characters! Down with the two-dimensional ones, while we’re at it. Embrace your characters—warts and all—in this lively workshop with Bantam author Linnea Sinclair. Sinclair will help writers dialogue with their characters to bring out information that builds depth and uniqueness and discuss the pros and cons of using archetypes to build story people. Reviewers Note:
“Linnea’s characters are intelligent, no-nonsense and have a depth that gives mean instant mental picture….” (Road to Romance Reviews), and “The author’s sure hand with characterization makes each twist of this emotionally laden storyline as suspenseful as any well-wrought battle scene” (Science Fiction Weekly). Sinclair will help writers dialogue
with their characters to bring out information that builds depth and uniqueness and discuss the pros and cons of using archetypes to build story people.
About the Instructor
Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA®, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair is a name synonymous with high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Reviewers note that Sinclair’s novels “have the wow-factor in spades,” earning her accolades from both the science fiction and romance communities. Her books have claimed spots in the Locus Top Ten and received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly. Romantic Times BOOKreviews magazine consistently gives Sinclair’s books 4-1/2 stars (their highest rating). Starlog magazine calls Sinclair “one of the reigning queens of science fiction romance.”
Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their thoroughly spoiled cats.
Registration cost for this month-long course is:
- $30 for COFW Members.
- $35 for all others
About the Google IO Group
Our Education Chair is using Google IO Groups, and your invite should come out around 9/30/24. You will not receive any email until then. The fact that PayPal gave you a success message is your confirmation you’ve been registered.
Register now, before we fill up. This is another superb instructor and course.