The Building Blocks of Storytelling: Writing Fundamentals with Rachel Kobin and Danette Laver
Each night will focus on one particular building block of writing fundamentals.
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New dates to be announced soon.
Please use the link to sign up for the waiting list and receive advance notice of classes.
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The Building Blocks of Storytelling: Writing Fundamentals
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Through lively discussion and fun writing exercises, deepen your understanding of the writing fundamentals that lead to great storytelling. Learn how to develop compelling characters and stories that captivate readers. Additionally, take away vital techniques for writing descriptions and world-building. Discover how to craft dialogue that sounds authentic and propels the story forward. Leave with resources to learn more.
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Story Structure with Rachel Kobin
You know every story has a beginning, middle, and end. And yet, you struggle to take our own ideas through these stages. Whether you hate planning or want to reverse-engineer your book, you’ll discover an approach that works for you.
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Details & Description, Wednesday with Rachel Kobin
You keep hearing “Show, don’t tell,” but how do you apply that advice? We’ll dive into the practical aspects of how to show and when to tell. Discover which types of details make a description come alive in your reader’s mind.
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Character Development with Danette Laver
What makes readers lose interest in one character by page five and read eight hundred pages about another one? We’ll discuss the traits that strong main characters share, as well as how to create three-dimensional antagonists and villains.
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Dynamic Dialogue with Danette Laver
Writing dialogue doesn’t have to be scary. Learn when to use dialogue and how to make it sizzle and pop. Discover simple techniques to level up your characters’ conversations.
Join via Zoom on Wednesday nights.
For beginners to published authors:
Write with Danette focuses on quieting your internal critic to express yourself freely. The facilitator structures the approach to writing and the discussion to ensure everyone in the workshop feels included and at ease.
A workshop for writers of all levels:
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Meet other writers
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Write during workshop time
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Discover or develop your voice
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Gain confidence in your identity as a writer
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Create new work or expand existing projects
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Receive constructive feedback that highlights your strengths
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Fiction · Nonfiction · Poetry · Screen & TV Writing · Playwriting · Blogs · Performance Sketches
This class emphasizes writing to prompts:
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The prompts are designed to inspire you, to get you started
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Following the prompts is optional
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No competition, no ridicule
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No homework
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