You want your readers to say they couldn’t put your book down, can’t wait for the next book, LOVE your writing. And you want someone besides your mom or best friend to say this. But how do you get there? Is there some magic formula, ten surefire tricks, five hidden techniques, twelve processing steps that will push your writing to the next level? Not exactly, but there are ways to write tight, tension-filled stories that will make your prose more professional.
Thousands of non-artists learned to draw and paint in a remarkably short time with Carrie Stuart Parks. Carrie has now taken some of those tools and techniques and applied them to writing. Art is about seeing things the way they really are, not how you perceive them to be. Writing is the same. What you perceive to be communicating on the page and what is really written are often very far apart. Carrie Stuart Parks is a multi-published, Christy, Carol, Inspy, Maxwell, and Wright award-winning author as well as award-winning speaker and instructor. Her best-selling books have also finaled in the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence in Mystery/Suspense Mainstream, RT Finalist Inspirational mystery/suspense/thriller, and Cascade Award Contemporary Fiction finalist.
Cost is $129 for the day. Early bird registration is $99 before August 1st. Program includes:
Lunch from the special lunch menu.
Personalized evaluation/critique of the first 2 pages of your manuscript.
Door prizes
You will learn: Perceptions
Your perceptions are a filter
Perceptions are strong
Perceptions will not change
It’s all in your head: your brain
Graphite, oils, pastels, or ink: choosing the right medium
Yes, there really is another way to tell your tale
It’s not your vision, it’s your brush
Separating the story from the tools
Writing and watercolors
Keeping everything in your head
Lost and found edges
Learning to not abuse your reader
Making mud
Blunting and blurring the impact
Who should attend this program: This program is designed as a hands-on session for fiction novel writers interested in improving and polishing their manuscripts.