TeleSeminar: The Five Ingredients of the Scene

Tuesday, October 24

from Emily Hanlon and The Fiction Writer's Journey


Receive an E-book when you register!

The E-book includes:

1. Example of Point of View and Dramatic Action Driven by Characters Inner Thoughts. Excerpt by Kurt Blankmeyer

2. Example of Going In and Out of Flashback. Excerpt by Emily Hanlon from her novel, Mistress of the Labyrinth

3. Example of Mood Driving Description, followed by an exercise.
Excerpt by Terry Purinton, from his novel, The Wind Harp.

4. Editing Versus Rewriting, by Emily Hanlon

5. The "What If" Game, followed by exercise, by Emily Hanlon



In the TeleSeminar you will learn:

• The mechanics of writing the scene.
• How the five ingredients weave together to make the scene.
• How to open to new characters and stories with the all powerful technique of Point of View. (POV)
  

The Five Ingredients of the Scene that we will be exploring are:

• Point of view or who's story are you telling... POV puts you inside your main character's head, heart and gut -- you are seeing the world through the eyes of your character.
• Dialogue is one of the fastest ways into character and allows characters other than your POV character to reveal who they are. Letting the dialogue "roll" often offers up unexpected "what happens next?" and other surprises. Dialogue is a great way to show tension. Glance through at a novel. Most novels are anywhere between fifty and eighty percent dialogue. Think you can't write dialogue. You can. I promise. Why am I so sure? You talk, don't you? You can write dialogue. I've never worked with anyone who can't write dialogue, only with people who think they can't.
• Dramatic Tension/Action. You can't have a story without dramatic tension. There are many different ways to create dramatic tension, which can come from something outside the character or something internal.
• Mood, some people call this description. Thinking "mood" instead of description is more apt because mood is character driven. How does your character see a scene? In other words, what the character sees is more important than what you, as the writer, want to describe.
• Flashback is a scene from the past that informs the present and tells the reader something important about the character. Once you are in the flashback, you are once again in scene. All of the above applies. People often worry about transitions into and out of flashback. We will explore these transitions.

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TeleSeminar and audio download: $20. register now!

Once you sign up, you will receive a telephone number and an access code. When you call in, you will be prompted for the access code. That's all you have to do!! The TeleSeminar will run an hour to an hour and a half. You will be able to ask questions. Tuesday, October 24, 1 pm Eastern Time.

Can't make the TeleSeminar? No problem... the program will be available as a download to everyone who signs up, whether or not you attend.

TeleSeminar and download: $20
If you purchase the TeleSeminar after it is recorded, the price will be $25. Save $5 and sign up early!

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