The
PERFECT
conference workshop is now available
The Lab: A Novel Workshop for
Serious Writers
The Lab: A Novel Workshop for
Serious Writers
From Scraps to (manu)Scripts:
Conquering the Murky Middles:
Rescue those stalled-out novel manuscripts from your computer boneyard and
bring them to this new, innovative, paddling-through-the-murky-middles
workshop. This is a workshop for our faithful writers who have polished two or
three beginning chapters in a WIFYR workshop in the past, but who need help
getting the rest of their novel on paper and submission-worthy.
Workshop Goal: “Finish, Polish, and Submit” is the mantra of this
workshop.
For five days, you will work harder than you have ever worked before
(and so will Cheri), you will work smarter than you have ever worked before,
and you will experience writing success like you have never experienced before.
Preparing for the Murky Middles
Workshop:
Prior to the conference, students
will submit a murky-middles portion of their work (two to three of their
murkiest chapters), a brief description of the problems of those two-to-three
middle chapters, and a chapter-by-chapter synopsis (two sentences per chapter)
of the entire novel, from the first chapter to the last. This is the material
you will work with for the five days of WIFYR, so choose wisely.
Workshop Content:
Each day, Cheri will share a different solution to
novel-writing problems including Plot, Conflict, and Pacing; Character
Development and Voice; Setting and Description; Scene, Summary, and Dialog;
Developing Themes and Introducing Backstory.
Daily Assignments:
Participants will write and workshop specific scenes that
emphasize plot, pacing, character development, moral conflicts, and so forth,
in addition to revising their middle chapters and, in some cases, writing new
ones.
Final Project:
Participants will present two to three completely revised
and murk-free middle chapters on the last day of the workshop, a revised and
annotated plot outline, a plan for finishing their novel, and . . . they will
confess their love for writing, each other, and above all, their workshop
teacher.
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