All weekend seminars will take place via Zoom at the following times each weekend:
Saturday: 1 pm – 5 pm Pacific Time | Sunday: 9 am – 1 pm Pacific Time
Fundamentals Seminar Series
May 14-15, 2022Â Seminar A: Foundations of Your Creative Life
June 11-12, 2022Â Â Â Seminar B: Ideas–Creating and Finding Them
July 9-10, 2022Â Â Seminar C: Writing, Reading, and Internalized Story
Mastery Seminar Series
Aug 13-14, 2022Â Seminar One: Characterization in Dramatic Scenes
Sept 10-11, 2022Â Â Â Seminar Two: Deeper Character Development and Stronger Impact through Conflict Sets
Oct 8-9, 2022Â Â Seminar Three: Character Definition and Impact on In-scene Agendas and Tactics
Nov 5-6, 2022Â Â Seminar Four: Character Influence and Line-by-line Emotional Contrasts
Dec 3-4, 2022Â Seminar Five: Controlling Story and Theme in Very Short Character-driven Fiction
Jan 21-22, 2023Â Seminar Six: Character Impact on Top-down or Bottom-up Short Story Development
Feb 18-19, 2023Â Seminar Seven: Manifesting Character in Text: Scene Sequences, Agenda Stacks, Voice, Tone, Distance, and Subjectivity
Mar 18-19, 2023Â Â Seminar Eight: Movements, Parallel Stories, Multiple POVs, and Developing Themes to Prove Premises
April 15-16, 2023 Seminar Nine: Polish and Publish