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July 8, 2017
Orlando, FL
Orlando Book Festival
Publishing Tell-All:
Three authors share their behind-the-scenes knowledge and experience.
Ask anything you want to know about the publishing process and industry.
Authors: Janice Hardy, Larry Loftis, James Ponti
Moderator: Laura Helseth of Read Head Editing
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September 23, 2017
St. Augustine, FL
Florida Heritage Book Festival
Workshop and panels TBD.
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October 19-22, 2017
Altamonte Springs, FL
Florida Writers Association Conference
Workshop: Fiction Writers Boot Camp
Writing
a novel can be a daunting process, but a little planning can go a long
way to making that process easier. A few key turning points in the story
can keep writers focused, whether they prefer to outline every scene or
pick a story direction and write toward it. In this workshop, writers
will learn how to create the critical elements of a novel’s plot, how to
use goals, conflicts, and stakes to build a story and develop
characters, and how to approach a novel in a way that will make it
easier to write and be more marketable to agents, editors, and readers.
Workshop: How to Bring Your Novel to Life
Great
novels blend skilled writing with compelling storytelling, using a
multitude of techniques to draw readers in and make them love the book.
These techniques work together to build immersive story worlds, creating
characters readers love, settings they want to live in, and stories
they can’t put down. In this workshop, writers will learn techniques to
bring a novel to life for readers. Use point of view to show, not tell,
and draw readers in without info-dumping; find the best ways to describe
the setting and build a world; tap into the emotions of the characters
and use those emotions to drive the plot and deepen the story; and how
all these techniques work together to build a novel.
