Classes and Events
MARCH
Fiction’s Magic Ingredient Part One
March 1 through 28, 2010
Full price: $149. $109 early registration discount if you register by February 20, 2010.
The muse doesn't go on vacation, so why should you? Stimulate your writing with a fun, self-paced online class that will revolutionize your writing with Jordan Rosenfeld, author of the writing guide Make a Scene and Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life (with Rebecca Lawton).
In this class you'll learn the "magic" ingredient to create powerful, page-turning fiction and instantly take your writing to a whole new level.
- Activate and enliven your writing
- Create a stylized, “sexy” experience of “real time”
- Build a powerful, layered “tapestry” on every page
- Design an easy to follow “map” for your plot
- Demonstrate unforgettable characters. And more!
Each week you'll receive a lesson and two assignments that can be applied to a work-in-progress or as stand alone exercises. You’ll receive weekly feedback from Jordan and have the opportunity to interact with classmates.
APRIL
Revise for Publication
April 16-May 14, 2010
A published manuscript may look effortlessly written, but it most likely followed the rule of revision: 20% pure flow, 80% revision.
This 4 week class is for anyone who wants to revise a draft of a novel or memoir with the goal of publication, for the first or the eight draft!
At the end of this class you will not only have tackled revision issues within your work but will be able to embrace remaining revision with a positive attitude.
You’ll learn:
- Practical strategies and fixes for the most common problems
- How to think like an editor when reading your own work
- How to cue in to your “blind spots”
- The difference between “tinkering” and “transforming”
Plus:
- Self-soothing techniques
- Revision support resources
April 13
6:00 pm
Jordan will speak at the California Writer’s Club Southbay Chapter.
MAY
Fiction’s Magic Ingredient Part Two
(*Pre-requisite FMI Part One)
May 3-31, 2010.
$99 (4 weeks)
Part Two expands upon the key ingredients of Part One and goes deeper into:
- Plot vs. Premise
- how to handle exposition/interior monologue,
- how to layer scenes
- and much more!
*If you have not taken Part One but would like to take Part Two, please email me first. Do not register. The price of Part Two is discounted for those who have taken Part One.
May 23
2:00 pm
Jordan will speak at the California Writer’s Club, Marin County Chapter. Book Passage, Corte Madera.
All registered students will also receive
a 50% discount on copies of Make a Scene and Write Free purchased
through Jordan.
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