Learn how to create the blueprint for your novel in this four-hour, in-person plotting intensive with Daryll-Lynne Evans
- Do you want to write a novel but aren’t sure how to put it together?
- Have you started writing a novel (or three) and gotten stuck?
- Are you diving into NaNoWriMo this year and want to get your novel outlined so you can focus on writing in November?
Whether you’re a plotter or a pantser, this fast-paced plotting workshop will give you more than a mere outline for your book.
You’ll learn how structure works as the underlying framework for your story, pacing’s role in keeping your story moving, and how your characters’ motivations and actions drive a story to its satisfying conclusion.
Plus you’ll get the tools your need to either plan out your novel ahead of time or guide your story discovery as you go.
Writing a novel is an undertaking. It’s common to get part-way through and become discouraged, not knowing how to finish what you started with such high hopes. Writing a book often follows much the same journey as the protagonist–the exciting call to adventure, the turning away from it, surrendering to the inevitable, then muddling your way through until it feels like all hope is lost.
Just like a plucky protagonist, you need to call on your friends and allies for help. At Plot Your Novel, Daryll Lynne Evans will be your guiding light, your sage wizard, your trusty sidekick, to help your literary adventure find its path all the way to its fulfilling end.
This afternoon intensive gives not just tools to outline a whole novel quickly, but a deeper understanding of story structure and character development with a focus on how character drives story.
What you’ll learn at Plot Your Novel
- How structure works as the framework of your story
- Flexible methods of plotting and outlining to meet your personal work habits
- How to use the mythic structures behind the Hero’s and Heroine’s Journey, 3-act structure, and a screen-writing card trick to structure your story
- How to create a blueprint for your story that you can use to draft quickly
- How to avoid plot holes and identify them before they become a problem
- How to get through the messy process of creating a novel
What you can expect
- New tools and techniques to move your writing forward
- Time to focus on your writing
- A small cohort of like-minded writers
- Camaraderie and community
- Delicious chocolate
Join us for a half-day filled with insights, hands-on writing exercises, and interactive sharing. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have the blueprint for your own book.
What is NaNoWriMo? That’s short for National Novel Writing Month. For the month of November, participants from around the world (affectionately known as Wrimos) gather online and endeavor to write their own 50,000-word novels. It’s a month of enthusiasm, determination, and ferociously fast writing. If you enjoy a challenge, or just need a deadline, the NaNo challenge is for you! Visit the NaNoWriMo website here for more info: https://nanowrimo.org/how-it-works.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
1:30-5:30 pm
This is an in-person event
Wordcrafters Studio
436 Charnelton St. Ste 100
Eugene, OR 97401
Cost
Access: $112 – if you have limited access to funds
Sustainer: $149 – the actual cost of this class
Patron: $186 – if you have more access to wealth/resources and can support others who need to pay less
Choose the ticket price that best reflects your financial capacity. We trust you to discern your financial situation and your level of need or ability to give to others with less access to wealth.
We want everyone to have access to our writing programs. If you need further support, please contact us at bewriting@wordcrafters.org. Learn more about our Pay From Your Heart Pricing.
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Registration deadline is October 10, 2024
HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS
Masks are optional. Please stay home if you’re unwell with any upper respiratory illness.
Daryll Lynne Evans (she/her) began her writing career as a playwright with the Performing Arts Conservatory in Colorado, but has since turned to fiction and screenwriting. She has an MFA in fiction from Purdue University, and can happily dive deep into literary fiction, but her true heart is in Sci-Fi Fantasy stories, especially the giant door-stopper tomes. She has presented workshops for the Willamette Writers Conference, The South Coast Writers Conference, and Wordcrafters Conference. She teaches writing workshops for adults and teens.
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