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Coming Up…
Moment after moment, we make decisions that chart the path for our lives, defining who we are. Characters within our stories have the same dynamic. As the author, only we know what in their backstory propels the choices they make for better and, perhaps more importantly, for worse.
In this webinar, we will explore exercises that dive deep into character choices (protag, antag, and minor characters); learn how to use your character’s fear and trust to raise the story stakes, using published works as examples; and create multi-layered stories that connect character history to a present narrative from which readers can’t turn away.
Standard opening advice includes hook, ordinary world, inciting incident, media res, busy characters…strategies of only momentary interest, or none at all. What does work? Learn how the story spell is woven in this hands-on webinar. (Bring your opening page, examples for discussion to be randomly chosen.)
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