Kathrin Lake will take fiction and nonfiction writers through the crucial elements of story structure as well as advanced writing techniques. Tips in areas such as character development, descriptions, self-editing, setting, plotting. Get all your questions answered. This is an intense 5-day LIVE online Zoom course in which participants will do writing and plotting exercises, and share their work in a safe supportive environment. Recorded. MINIMUM 4 PARTICIPANTS - $240
February 24 - 28, 2025, Monday to Friday 4pm – 6pm PST LIVE Zoom.
(6-8pm CT, 7-9pm ET)
Author, Kate Lovecraft (pseudonym), will explain the nuts and bolts of writing a murder mystery in this intense 4-day course. Things covered will be genre expectations, plotting, characters, location, clues, denouement, and more. This will get new writers to the genre started, and others who are already writing, a new boost. Fun exercises and sharing. MINIMUM 4 PARTICIPANTS - $240
March 24 - 27, 2025, 4pm – 6pm PST LIVE Zoom.
(6-8pm CT, 7-9pm ET)
Learn how to be a more effective writer 24 hours a day by designing a writer’s life. Topics include: What Stories Am I Meant to Tell?, The Essentials of Storytelling, Journaling, How to Craft Irresistible Dialogue, Best Practices for Enhancing Creativity and also How to Produce More By Writing to Deadline. As a bonus, we will practice how to Edit Like a Pro. Instructor David Kilmer has spent a lifetime crafting stories, published hundreds of magazine stories, two literary non-fiction books including his most recent, The Way of the Sailor and one novel. He has been a ghostwriter, editor, newspaper reporter, feature writer and is currently the editor of Coeur d’Alene Magazine. MINIMUM 4 PARTICIPANTS - $240
March 31 - April 24, 2025, Mondays & Thursdays, 4pm – 5:30pm PST LIVE Zoom.
(6-7:30pm CT, 7-8:30pm ET)
TBD - Tentatively planned for April 7 – 11th, 2025
Get on our email list for details, subscribe below, or email us directly for more information. We facilitated top-level writing retreats from the years 2011 to 2020, and stopped for Covid. To relaunch them we would like to do them better than ever and that is taking time to develop.
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