tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81418961527010411642024-03-14T02:13:28.067-07:00Rose City Romance WritersThe published authors of Rose City Romance Writers, a chapter of Romance Writers of America, will share their books and their thoughts with readers.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-77144987462873358062014-07-19T06:00:00.000-07:002014-07-19T06:00:00.266-07:00RCRW August 2014 Workshop<h4 style="text-align: center;">
Following the 10:00AM General Meeting of the <a href="http://rosecityromancewriters.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rose City Romance Writers</span></a> </h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Layers aren't just for cake! Our stories must be layered until they become wonderful confections to be consumed.<br /> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Join author Terri Reed as we uncover the many layers that make a story something delicious and delightful.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">About the Presenter</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Award winning, multi-published author Terri Reed discovered the wonderful world of fiction at an early age and declared she would one day write a book. Now she is fulfilling that dream and enjoys writing for Love Inspired. She is an active member of both Romance Writers of America and American Christian Fiction Writers. She resides in the Pacific Northwest with her college-sweetheart husband, two wonderful children, and an array of critters. When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, gardening and playing tennis.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />You can write to Terri at P.O. Box 19555 Portland, OR 97280 or visit her online at </span><a href="http://www.terrireed.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.terrireed.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> or email her at </span><a href="mailto:terrireed@sterling.net">terrireed@sterling.net</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">or leave comments on or </span><a href="http://craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com/_">http://craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com</a><a href="http://craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com/_" style="font-weight: normal;">/</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> OR </span><a href="http://www.loveinspiredauthors.com/">www.loveinspiredauthors.com</a></span></div>
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therese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-54106422963174725152014-06-21T06:00:00.000-07:002014-06-21T06:00:02.510-07:00RCRW July 2014 Workshop<h4 style="text-align: center;">
Following the 10:00AM General Meeting of the <a href="http://rosecityromancewriters.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rose City Romance Writers</span></a> </h4>
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July 12, 2014 </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using Short Stories to Market Yourself as a Writer</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">One might ask why it would benefit you to shift your focus away from novel writing to short story writing. The number one reason is marketing. This is one more way to promote your novels and brand, while honing your craft and learning to write succinctly. Sure, you can continue to write blog posts and articles in magazines and sources read by other writers, but stories are another way to reach your fans. Not only that, but you can make money and win contests doing so. Come to this workshop to find out what markets are out there, what magazines and anthologies are looking for, and how to find them.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As a child, </span><a href="http://www.sarinadorie.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Sarina Dorie</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> dreamed of being an astronaut/archeologist/fashion designer/illustrator/writer. After years of dedication and hard work, most of Sarina’s dreams have come true; in addition to teaching art, she is a writer/artist/fashion designer/ belly dancer. She has taught English overseas in South Korea and in the JET program in Japan, and works as a copy editor and copy writer. She has shown her art internationally and sold illustrations to magazines. Sarina’s soon to be published novel, Silent Moon, won second place in the Duel on the Delta Contest, second place in the Golden Rose, third place in the Winter Rose Contest and third in the Ignite the Flame Contest. Her unpublished novel, Wrath of the Tooth Fairy won first place in the Golden Claddagh and in the Golden Rose contests. She has sold short stories to over thirty magazines and anthologies including Daily Science Fiction, Cosmos, Penumbra, Sword and Laser, Perihelion, Bards and Sages, Neo-Opsis, Flagship, Allasso, New Myths, Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, and Crossed Genres to name a few.</span><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.sarinadorie.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.sarinadorie.com</span></a></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, if only Jack Sparrow asks her to marry him, all her dreams will come true.</span></span><br />
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therese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-51782015752570088132014-05-17T06:00:00.000-07:002014-05-17T06:00:04.053-07:00RCRW June 2014 Workshop<h4 style="text-align: center;">
Following the 10:00AM General Meeting of the <a href="http://rosecityromancewriters.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rose City Romance Writers</span></a> </h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">There’s a fickle step between first draft and editor-ready manuscript where an author has to decide which ideas are golden and which are heavy as lead and need to be transmuted. It’s hard to kill your darling and much easier to throw the baby out with the bath water – cutting clichés comes later. This workshop takes a look at the mysterious realm of developmental editing, both working solo and with a flesh-and-blood editor – a place where ideas still matter. Get ready to put that English degree to good use.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9gMo_M5jHEY/UzD4bCJJZxI/AAAAAAAAAkY/XlPyNoWENGU/s1600/garrettb&w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9gMo_M5jHEY/UzD4bCJJZxI/AAAAAAAAAkY/XlPyNoWENGU/s1600/garrettb&w.jpg" height="200" width="189" /></a><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">About the Presenter</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Garrett Marco is a writer and editor with seven years’ experience in literary journals. He is an Acquiring Editor at Soul Mate Publishing, a fiction editor at the literary journal The Grove Review, and a freelance editor working in Portland, Oregon. While trained in literary arts, Garrett’s passion is genre fiction. He searches for the elusive Science Fiction Romance and adores quality prose. He receives novel queries and requests for freelance editing at <a href="mailto:garrett@soulmatepublishing.com">garrett@soulmatepublishing.com</a>. You can follow him on Twitter:@garrett_marco.</span><br />
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therese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-54362241562580398532014-04-19T06:00:00.000-07:002014-04-19T06:00:03.973-07:00RCRW May 2014 Workshop<h4 style="text-align: center;">
Following the 10:00AM General Meeting of the <a href="http://rosecityromancewriters.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rose City Romance Writers</span></a> </h4>
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May 10, 2014 </div>
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Anatomy of an Emotionally Escalating Romance</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the first rules we learn as romance writers is that the Emotional Conflict between the hero and heroine must not only be compelling enough to carry the relationship through the story, but that the Emotional Conflict must also escalate exponentially. Whaaaaa? Tough stuff, because if your reader fails to comprehend how the hero & heroine feel about the dangers that threaten the romance, the high-risk decisions they are forced to make, or the personal consequences of their individual actions, then your story will fail to incite the emotion necessary to sell your next book (which is the point, right?)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />In this hands-on workshop you’ll learn how to enrich your external plot with a powerfully escalating emotional journey guaranteed to provoke your readers with angst, arouse them with meaning and make them first-in-line readers for your next book and every book that follows.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztTwzBEzX6Y/UzD2BnllcYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/8s01ZF3xfkM/s1600/Linda+Needham.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztTwzBEzX6Y/UzD2BnllcYI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/8s01ZF3xfkM/s1600/Linda+Needham.JPG" height="320" width="290" /></a><a href="http://lindaneedham.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Linda Needham</span></a><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> – USA Today bestselling author of ten historical romances -- launched her writing career in </span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">early grade school, the moment she realized she could use her crayons to create her own stories. After joining RWA and Portland’s Cascade Chapter in 1988, finaling in the Golden Heart in 1989, winning for Long Historical in 1995 and selling to Avon Books that same year, Linda considers herself a poster-girl for RWA. She currently writes full time from her home in the hills north of Hillsboro, OR, where she also writes plays and musicals, gardens, tap dances, spoils her two grandkids, takes extended research treks with her husband and blazes trails through their 5-acre woodland with their Portuguese Water Dog.</span><br />
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therese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-21474092814411845362014-03-24T20:11:00.000-07:002014-03-24T21:34:51.803-07:00RCRW April 2014 Workshop<h4 style="text-align: center;">
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A Dynamic Presentation by the Oregon Regency Society<br />
Static display of a Regency Era costume displayed on a dress form, a writing slope with quill and ink, a few costuming books and a tea caddy with a tea set, and some period correct fabrics.<br />
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The Oregon Regency Society’s primary aim is to unite the groups and individuals dedicated to the appreciation of Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Beau Brummell, groups for English Country and Regency Dance, people that read and write Regency Romance, costumers specializing in Regency garments, and Historic reenactors and enthusiasts and so much more. We partake in events, workshops and educational opportunities to broaden our view of this all-too-short period in history. We celebrate the customs and costume of the time, and encourage all of our members to bring their own unique knowledge and skills to the table to share with others. <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.orregency.org/"><span style="color: blue;">www.orregency.org</span></a>; <a href="mailto:orregency@msn.com">orregency@msn.com</a></span></b><br />
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therese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-41202157624063182042014-01-31T12:25:00.000-08:002014-02-23T22:05:40.805-08:00Craft Your Story and Career<br />
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What is this, you ask? A Mini-Conference for Crafting Your Stories and Building Your Career brought to you by the <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://rosecityromancewriters.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rose City Romance Writers</span></a> </span></b>(a fun and informative group!)</div>
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When? <b>March 8, 2014 from 9:00 AM – 5:00PM</b></div>
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Where?<b> PCC Sylvania Campus – Rooms: TCB 215-218</b></div>
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Cost? <b>$20.00 RCRW Members exclusive enrollment January 2014; </b><br />
<b> $50.00 non RCRW/non RWA members enrollment opens February 1st 2014.</b><br />
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<b>Register Now at: </b><b><u><a href="http://rosecityromancewriters.com/events/"><span style="color: blue;">http://rosecityromancewriters.com/events/</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></u></b></div>
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Maintain Pacing while Interweaving Historical, Factual, and Character Details in Fresh, Succinct Ways</h3>
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As readers, we've all been stalled at one time by a book's dreaded "info dump," ranging from characterization and backstory to factual research of various kinds. Through specific examples, this workshop will provide both practical and creative tips on how to craft, sift, and place such details without slowing a story's momentum. Also, learn what to do when faced by factual discoveries or common misconceptions that contradict even major elements of your work-in-progress. (After all, you don't always have to kill your darlings!)<br />
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Kristina McMorris is a bestselling author published by Kensington Books, Avon/HarperCollins UK, and Berkley/Penguin. Her works of fiction have garnered more than twenty national literary awards, as well as a nomination for the prestigious RITA® Award. Inspired by true personal and historical accounts, her novels include Letters from Home, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves, and most recently The Pieces We Keep. Prior to her writing career, she worked as a host on weekly TV shows since age nine, including an Emmy® Award-winning program, and owned a wedding- and event-planning company, thereby subjecting her to enough YMCA and Chicken Dances to last a lifetime. Kristina has been named one of Portland's "40 Under 40" by The Business Journal and currently lives in Oregon with her husband and two young sons.</div>
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A proper book cover is as important as your genre. If people can’t identify who you are and what your book is about within a matter of seconds, then you lose the opportunity of a quick sell. In this workshop, learn tips and tricks to help you create a spectacular front cover, and enough knowledge to show you know what you’re talking about when working with a publisher. Use your newfound abilities of cover design to help you to create a consistent brand. You hold the power to start your Brand now, whether you’re a beginning writer or a professional. Your choices in using color, images and text can say a lot about you and how the audience will remember you.</div>
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As a child, Sarina Dorie dreamed of being an astronaut/archeologist/fashion designer/illustrator/writer. After years of dedication and hard work, most of Sarina’s dreams have come true; in addition to teaching art, she is a writer/artist/fashion designer/ belly dancer. She has taught English overseas South Korea and in the JET program in Japan, and worked as a copy editor. She has shown her art internationally and sold illustrations to magazines. Sarina’s published novel, Silent Moon, won second place in the Duel on the Delta Contest, second place in the Golden Rose, third place in the Winter Rose Contest and third in the Ignite the Flame Contest. Her unpublished novel, Wrath of the Tooth Fairy won first place in the Golden Claddagh and in the Golden Rose contests. She has sold short stories to over thirty magazines and anthologies including Daily Science Fiction, Cosmos, Penumbra, Sword and Laser, Perihelion, Bards and Sages, Neo-Opsis, Flagship, Allasso, New Myths, Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, and Crossed Genres to name a few.<br />
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Tanith Yates is a marketing strategist and senior designer, working with corporate clients and entrepreneurs for over sixteen years. Her unique combination of brand building experience and expertise in graphic design allows her to integrate visual strategies that transform businesses into recognizable name brands. She captures ideas and concepts, bringing them to life, using strategic design principles and psychology to create powerful visual identities that are memorable, accessible, and profitable.</div>
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Personal Branding and Google Plus for Authors in 2014</h3>
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2014 saw a paradigm shift in how the Google web functions for us, with us. Google has changed the focus from your site, to you and what you do online daily. Those changes serve authors in ways the Internet didn’t, couldn’t, just two years ago. Authorship gives you full credit for your words, your brand, your work...if you know how to write, share and engage on Google +.<br />
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Capture, Captivate, and Connect with your audiences as you speak from the stage</h3>
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You need to speak about your books. Professional Speaker and Best Selling Author Kellie Grill will show you how to transform and inspire your audiences as they listen to you bring your books to life. Learn how to entertain and enlighten your audiences. Kellie's tips and tricks will take you to a new level of public speaking confidence. Don't be shy. Come have fun and learn speaking skills that will last for a lifetime of speaking on stage, with the media, and also help you at networking events.<br />
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Kellie Grill is a happiness expert, speaker, best selling author, songwriter, melanoma survivor, and co-owner of Whirlwind Publishing and Happy Success Ranch Retreats. Kellie’s books include her love story “Send Me a Sign”, “Happiness is Here-Simple Strategies for Staying happy”, and“Happiness is Mandatory” in the best selling book “Succeeding Against All Odds”<br />
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Color them Grey: Anti-Heroes</h3>
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Fiction often proves just how complicated and troubled many people are and anti-heroes are the perfect type to do so. Anti-heroes are a story’s main character who is flawed, who can disturb us with his or her weaknesses, and make us think about the frailties of humanity. This workshop will describe the attributes and uses of anti-heroes and clarify how they are often used in fiction to depict reality and comment on social or political issues. An anti-hero is sometimes a maverick or screw-up, an outsider, a “little man,” underdog, misfit, or fool. They often occupy a grey area between good and evil. Anti-heroes can share some of the same qualities as villains (cynicism, brutality, ruthlessness, dishonesty) and sometimes have the soul, values, morals and values of hero. Examples from classic and contemporary novels, television series and films will be used. We'll also cover the main trick in creating anti-heroes:<i> they always possess an underlying pathos.</i><br />
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<b> Jessica Page Morrell</b> understands both sides of the editorial desk–as an editor and author. She is the author of the upcoming <i>No Ordinary Days: The Seasons, Cycles, and Elements of the Writing Life</i>; <i>Thanks, But This Isn’t For Us, A (sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your Writing is Being Rejected</i>; <i>Bullies, Bastards & Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys in Fiction</i>; T<i>he Writer’s I Ching: Wisdom for the Creative Life</i>; <i>Voices from the Street</i>; <i>Between the Lines: master the subtle elements of fiction</i>; and <i>Writing Out the Storm</i>. Morrell works as a developmental editor where she has learned how to quickly size up a story’s merits, as a writing coach, and was formerly the Writing Expert at iVillage.com. She hosts a web site at<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="http://www.jessicamorrell.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">www.jessicamorrell.com</span></b></a> </span>and she’s been writing a monthly column about topics related to writing since 1998 which currently appears in The Willamette Writer, writes a newsletter,<i>The Writing Life</i>, a web log <b><a href="http://thewritinglifetoo.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://thewritinglifetoo.blogspot.com</span></a></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span>and has contributed articles to newspapers and <i>The Writer</i> and <i>Writer’s Digest magazines</i>. She also contributes to anthologies and is the founder and coordinator of three writing conferences. She lives in Portland, Oregon where she is surrounded by writers.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />The digital age has ushered in an era of visual image overload. Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, television, etc. all are competing for your attention and the attention of the people you want reading your book. Strong, unexpected, and interesting photography provides a foothold to compete in a crowded market place. This workshop will discuss cultural ideas of photography, common pitfalls that make photographs unappealing, and an exploration of ideas to make your use of photographs have the impact you want.<br /> </span></span><br />
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Whether you write contemporary, historical, paranormal, or science fiction - a great story is always rooted in great world building. No offense to any of my writing friends, but I seem to write everywhere EXCEPT my home office! Using a tri-fold poster board or large dry erase board for my world building simply won't work. After I discuss some world building fundamentals, I'll give you some tips and tricks on how to design / create portable world building materials. Once your book is published, don't let your world building sit on a shelf! Reuse it to help with your marketing and promotions to sell more books! As an added bonus, I'll be giving away three world building journal starter kits.<br />
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<b> C. Morgan Kennedy</b> - <a href="http://www.cmorgankennedy.com/"><b><span style="color: blue;">www.cmorgankennedy.com</span></b></a><br />
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C. Morgan Kennedy is the author of multicultural futuristic and steampunk novels. A self described 'Blerd' and Afrofuturist, Morgan puts her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering to good use imagining all manner of gadgets for her stories. As the co-founder of Author Marketing 101, she seeks to demystify marketing fundamentals for the writing and small business communities. The 'Author Marketing 101 Guide & Journal' is currently available in both print and e-book formats. </div>
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Taking Your Writing to the Next Level</h3>
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Learn the writing techniques and tricks a multi-published author has gathered over the years. Some tools were taught to her by critique partners at different stages of her career. Others she learned writing and selling over thirty-one manuscripts. The sub-title for this workshop could be <i>How to Be A Better Writer and Critique Partner</i>. There's no better way to learn than by doing which is why critiquing can help you be a stronger writer. Hint: you will be critiquing during the workshop! There will be examples and hands-on exercises to put the techniques into action so you can take your writing to the next level.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Melissa McClone has written for four category lines at Harlequin since 1997. She's currently with the Special Editions line. She also writes for digital-first Tule Publishing Group. She's been nominated for Romance Writers of America's RITA award and won a RT Reviewer's Choice Award. When she isn't writing, she's driving her minivan to/from her children's many activities. She supports deployed service members by sending care packages and fosters cats through a local non-kill rescue shelter. She lives in Southwest Washington with her husband, three children, two spoiled Norwegian Elkhounds and cats who think they rule the house.<br />
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The Oregon Regency Society’s primary aim is to unite the groups and individuals dedicated to the appreciation of Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Beau Brummell, groups for English Country and Regency Dance, people that read and write Regency Romance, costumers specializing in Regency garments, and Historic reenactors and enthusiasts and so much more. We partake in events, workshops and educational opportunities to broaden our view of this all-too-short period in history. We celebrate the customs and costume of the time, and encourage all of our members to bring their own unique knowledge and skills to the table to share with others. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.orregency.org/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">www.orregency.org</a><span style="font-size: small;">; </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="mailto:orregency@msn.com" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">orregency@msn.com</a></span></b></span><br />
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Book Sale sponsored by <a href="http://www.janspaperbacks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Jan's Paperbacks</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Kristina McMorris: </b>Maintain Pacing while Interweaving Historical, Factual and Character Details in Fresh, Succinct Ways</span></div>
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therese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-25099677129220597072013-03-27T11:36:00.004-07:002013-03-27T11:36:56.636-07:00April NewsletterOur The April Writer's Serenade is now available through your <a href="http://www.rwa.org/">MyRWA account</a> and you should have received the notification via email. Please let us know if there are issues with this process. therese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-36493839073753173862013-03-18T11:56:00.001-07:002013-03-18T11:56:17.791-07:00A new year, a new toolHello RCRW members.<br />
We plan to bring this blogspot back into use as an additional communication tool for our members.<br />
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Mary Stepec w/a <a href="http://terripatrick.wordpress.com/">Terri Patrick</a><br />
RCRW 2013 VP of Programstherese patrick, authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-6864298138731544662012-04-01T18:19:00.000-07:002012-04-01T18:19:25.664-07:00Spring Intensive :: LARRY BROOKS Sunday session<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k6XOK6sB55o/T3j9kGxifbI/AAAAAAAAFHM/JPAYsZLFA9s/s1600/DSC_1542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k6XOK6sB55o/T3j9kGxifbI/AAAAAAAAFHM/JPAYsZLFA9s/s320/DSC_1542.JPG" width="320" /></a><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Highlights from Larry Brooks' 101 Slightly Unpredictable Tips for Novelists and Screenwriters<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Listen to music as you write – pick something that matches the mood of the scene you are writing.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reverse engineer an existing story you like. Break it down and see how it works. See what the plot points were, what the context of the four points were. Use this to create a generic workable sequence. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Name your characters after real people who represent what you are going for. Then when you are done, do a search and change the name to the character name. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are stuck, verbalize your story to a friend. You will find yourself working through the story problem as you explain it. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Study screenwriting books if you are a novelist, study novel writing books if you are a screenwriter. </span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Imagine your story as a movie. Attach actors and movements, soundtracks and scenes. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Write the outline of your story as a movie template. It will make you stick to the arc of your story. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Even though you haven’t written it yet, write a book review of your own novel. What you want to be strong about your story will emerge on that page. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Get rid of all the adjectives you can</span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-63573586385974902042012-04-01T15:23:00.001-07:002012-04-01T18:12:46.689-07:00Spring Intensive :: LARRY BROOKS afternoon session<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5_3FPMw5YlI/T3jUxn9ZkgI/AAAAAAAAFG0/rc0q_r_vMsE/s1600/DSC_1529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5_3FPMw5YlI/T3jUxn9ZkgI/AAAAAAAAFG0/rc0q_r_vMsE/s320/DSC_1529.JPG" width="320" /></a>We moved into a bigger room after lunch so people didn't have to sit on the floor...plus we got popcorn! <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><u>6 CORE COMPETENCIES (4 elements, 2 skill sets)</u></strong></span><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>CONCEPT</u> The dramatic stage upon which character and the other core competencies unfold. What if statements. The more compelling the question, the more interesting the answer. What is the potential for this stage to evoke emotion? What if</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>CHARACTER</u> every story required a hero, in romance the hero is usually the female character. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>THEME</u> Your story has to mean something. Love is thematic already, but is it optimized? Goal is to provoke and get the reader to think about the experience. What it means</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>STRUCTURE</u> What happens in what order and why. Every scene is in context to what happens before and after that create pressure on the story. How </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>SCENES </u>contextual mission and microcosm of story structure. Immersive and visceral. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>VOICE </u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your ability to write a great sentence. Smooth narrative. Writing voice is like air, clean and crisp. When you notice air, it is because it has a scent and one man’s perfume is another’s stench. Verbal gymnastics can get tangled. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To break into the business or write a best seller, you have to have all 6 core competencies, and excel in at least one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JDS-oBuHKu0/T3jUzh_-WWI/AAAAAAAAFG8/uTtAMRphfs4/s1600/DSC_1532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JDS-oBuHKu0/T3jUzh_-WWI/AAAAAAAAFG8/uTtAMRphfs4/s320/DSC_1532.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 PHASES OF WRITING</span></div><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DESIGN </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IMPLEMENTATION</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PERFECTION / OPTIMIZATION</span><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6 REALMS OF STORY PHYSICS</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NARRATIVE PREMISE – sometimes it is the seed of the story. Make it as compelling as possible. The evolution from idea to story arc. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DRAMATIC TENSION – conflict. In any given moment in any given scene ask what is the dramatic tension that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>provides context for the scene. Both within the story and within each scene. What’s at stake? What are the consequences?</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NARRATIVE PACE – the nature and flow of which new information is entering the story and moving it towards its destination. Stories are always moving forward. They need to accelerate. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">HEROIC EMPATHY – the reader must relate to the main character. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">VICARIOUS READER EXPERIENCE – hopefulness of feeling the chemistry of falling in love, experiencing places and events, take a journey they wouldn’t usually take. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AESTHETIC – x-factor. What makes your storytelling special. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RsGzIl-YWjM/T3jVI7XLIfI/AAAAAAAAFHE/fAIG8uW6SxU/s1600/DSC_1533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RsGzIl-YWjM/T3jVI7XLIfI/AAAAAAAAFHE/fAIG8uW6SxU/s320/DSC_1533.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Concept is plot-related or character-related. Without a concept, a characters story is a resume. The character has to want something.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Premise is the marriage of concept and character and touches on theme.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is a hierarchy in concept, elevate it to its most compelling. </span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make your story special by setting it someplace special. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>CHARACTER</u><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> dimension – what we put on to show people who we are, façade, clothing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> dimension – the truth, what causes you to want to look a certain way, fit in with a specific group</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> dimension – true character, what is revealed under pressure, when a politician is amoral and denies it under oath, when the steroid scandal in baseball came to light and some admitted it while others denied</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the resolution the hero steps up and conquers inner demons and makes martyr like decisions and becomes the catalyst for the conclusion of the story.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The happily ever after is a foregone conclusion, so how do you make it exciting? </span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are things that emotionally change that reflect the plot and the context lines up from that</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>STORY STRUCTURE</u></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A plot in four boxes – setup (introducing a character and bringing them to a transition point, where everything changes), attack, response, resolution</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Milestones, foreshadowing, midpoint, pinch points</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>SCENES</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sequencing your scenes around plot points. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mission driven scene writing. You know what every scene is seeking to deliver to the reader. Great scenes create a cut and thrust, pulling the reader to the next scene or chapter. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">How does it all come together?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Optimal Execution<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">4 part structure and it IS proportional in order to optimize pace</span></div><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.45pt;" valign="top" width="69"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Part<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 91.5pt;" valign="top" width="122"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Structure<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 154.2pt;" valign="top" width="206"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Character Arc<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.75pt;" valign="top" width="129"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Plot Points<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.9pt;" valign="top" width="113"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">What is Point?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.45pt;" valign="top" width="69"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">1</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 91.5pt;" valign="top" width="122"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Setup – world view of hero is established, GMC and stakes</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 154.2pt;" valign="top" width="206"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Orphan</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.75pt;" valign="top" width="129"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">1<sup>st</sup> around 20%</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.9pt;" valign="top" width="113"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Where she<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>makes a choice to leave</span><a href="" name="_GoBack"></a></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.45pt;" valign="top" width="69"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">2</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 91.5pt;" valign="top" width="122"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Response</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 154.2pt;" valign="top" width="206"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Wanderer</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.75pt;" valign="top" width="129"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.45pt;" valign="top" width="69"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">3</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 91.5pt;" valign="top" width="122"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Attack</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 154.2pt;" valign="top" width="206"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Warrior - proactive</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.75pt;" valign="top" width="129"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">2<sup>nd</sup> around 75%</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.9pt;" valign="top" width="113"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 51.45pt;" valign="top" width="69"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">4</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 91.5pt;" valign="top" width="122"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Resolution</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 154.2pt;" valign="top" width="206"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Martyr – willing to do whatever needs to be done to get to goal</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.75pt;" valign="top" width="129"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">3<sup>rd</sup> after 80%</span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.9pt;" valign="top" width="113"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-36718888379541471032012-04-01T14:50:00.001-07:002012-04-01T15:24:37.454-07:00Spring Intensive :: LARRY BROOKS morning session<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SePi2CNuSYQ/T3jMqYuXT2I/AAAAAAAAFGg/kfr5d8r9zeo/s1600/DSC_1517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SePi2CNuSYQ/T3jMqYuXT2I/AAAAAAAAFGg/kfr5d8r9zeo/s320/DSC_1517.JPG" width="213" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LARRY BROOKS – Story Engineering & The Search For Story </span> <a href="http://www.storyfix.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.storyfix.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A romance is a little bit like a thriller because you are taking a ride, you know how it is going to end, but you want to live vicariously through the journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To write a book you have to know a massive amount of information. If you let it stay massive and chaotic, it is hard to keep it all straight. How you organize it may not be serving you. Habits may have become limiting belief systems. Many of us just sit down and write without acknowledging how we do things, so we cannot assess whether we are doing it efficiently.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the end of the day when a writer has written a successful story, the book will line up with the principles. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6 categories help keep it organized.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Context setting questions :: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is the most important word in the realm of writing stories? Conflict (character, idea)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What was the inspiring idea of your story? Trope – MOC, rekindled</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How will you process from that moment to the next step? Brainstorming, characterization</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why were you interested enough to spend your time on this story? Characters</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is your story about? Acknowledging love and compromise. Forgiveness and compromise. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is the concept of your story? Marriage of convenience. Rekindled love. What if the love of your life is marrying someone else? What if you have to ask a favor of the man who broke your heart?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is the most important moment in a story? Inciting incident.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is it about your book that will make the cut? Emotion </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What makes romance different? Happily-ever-after, emotional resonance, two complete story arcs (romance & external)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plot is the stage upon which characters are allowed to unfold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Romance is a train that runs on the tracks of story. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EgCF6bZXXq8/T3jMqomXyOI/AAAAAAAAFGs/WAkD89CCZuc/s1600/DSC_1519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EgCF6bZXXq8/T3jMqomXyOI/AAAAAAAAFGs/WAkD89CCZuc/s320/DSC_1519.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">are you a plotter or a panster?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Most writers begin their journey as readers, bringing that context to what they write. Readers experience as a passenger, the writer experiences the book as a pilot (writing the mss) who also has to build the plane (plotting the mss). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Are you writing in context to your experience as a reader or as a story architect? Are you searching for your story, building your story, or polishing your story? Do you think you can do more than one at a time? There is real value in understanding that your story isn’t optimized yet. </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-11622259215618929402012-04-01T14:17:00.000-07:002012-04-01T14:17:53.104-07:00Spring Intensive :: PITCH SPEED DATING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YJxrPZi6YqE/T3jFKdarOSI/AAAAAAAAFGM/twAIHXBElpU/s1600/DSC_1514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YJxrPZi6YqE/T3jFKdarOSI/AAAAAAAAFGM/twAIHXBElpU/s320/DSC_1514.JPG" style="cursor: move;" unselectable="on" width="320" /></a></div>What is Pitch Speed Dating? When 50 writers and 6 editors and agents try to make a connection. We lined up after breakfast (I'll save you the three paragraph description of the scrambled eggs) for a five minute chance to get an industry professional excited about our latest story.<br />
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The one-on-one time is the goal of our entire Spring Intensive. Many writers came away with requests, referrals, and revision ideas. <br />
<img height="63" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YJxrPZi6YqE/T3jFKdarOSI/AAAAAAAAFGM/twAIHXBElpU/s320/DSC_1514.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 144px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 65px;" width="96" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XybndxPvyB8/T3jFugNbu3I/AAAAAAAAFGU/IdACpXcQpsA/s1600/DSC_1506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XybndxPvyB8/T3jFugNbu3I/AAAAAAAAFGU/IdACpXcQpsA/s320/DSC_1506.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YrqDLBZ-JYY/T3jE_EK3XHI/AAAAAAAAFGE/CG-yF6tgBww/s1600/DSC_1513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YrqDLBZ-JYY/T3jE_EK3XHI/AAAAAAAAFGE/CG-yF6tgBww/s320/DSC_1513.JPG" width="320" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-58443407775936087642012-04-01T14:08:00.000-07:002012-04-01T14:08:26.187-07:00Spring Intensive :: STORYBOARDING YOUR CAREER WITH SUSAN LUTE<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ADySILk8QUo/T3jDnTio-KI/AAAAAAAAFF8/VbF58xEUec0/s1600/DSC_1502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ADySILk8QUo/T3jDnTio-KI/AAAAAAAAFF8/VbF58xEUec0/s320/DSC_1502.JPG" width="320" /></a>Author Susan Lute offered a chance for our writers to have fun with career planning. With the help of magazines, glue sticks, and scrapbooking acoutrements, we found imagies and quotes of where we want our career path to lead. <br />
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Lynda Aicher brought her board from last year, and shared that much of it had come to fruition. Can't wait to see what happens next year with these boards!<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The path to a published book ::</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Query letter</u>. This is the basis for the blurb for most publishers. Make sure it will sell the book. Include a positioning statement on your story might be marketed, a high concept that will help your editor. Readers of SEP will love this heartwarming sexy contemporary. (facebook followers, twitter, platform, tribe, served on boards, memberships)</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Editor makes the <u>request</u> to see more. When it comes it, it is sent to two interns (Entangled has 45). Interns read and writes a letter explaining yes or no. Two no means a no, a split vote gets a 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> intern, two yes means it gets sent to the editor to read. The intern summary lists five things they love and five things that need work. From that, editors can gauge how long it will take to fix it. Sometimes, an agent will get an editor excited about it and the book might skip the interns. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Acquisitions</u> form where editors have to present to the board (which includes marketing and finance) with 5 swaying reasons why they want to buy your book. (platform, marketing, multi-published)The more you can put in your query to help the editor pitch it in the meeting, the more likely your story will be contracted.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Key titles</u> – every season a few books are selected and the majority of the marketing effort for a publisher goes into those titles. The books that are thought to sell the most. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Cover</u> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– the cover should sell the book not represent it. It is just packaging. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Distribution</u> catalog – someone in production has to pitch it to the sales force. 43 sales people, 13 directors, 60 seconds per title to make them think this is the hottest title ever. Then marketing has 60 seconds to work that angle with promotion (sales, book tour, advertising, etc). They call out numbers…B&N, Booksamillion, Airports, big box, amazon, grocery…or they ‘skip’. This gives a general sense of the print run. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Co-op. </u>Table space, faced out, new release shelf and end caps. Publishers pay for the space at the front of the store to build interest. Publishers have to be nominated by the distributor, and then the book store decides who they would like to feature. There is a lot of money involved in getting your book positioned in the book store. </span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When writing your query, and writing your book, look at it as a business. </span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We can release fast enough to ride a trend, but mostly you make your own trends. Like aliens in high school…maybe hackers will be next. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-69097906483503672942012-03-20T12:13:00.000-07:002012-03-30T12:24:23.454-07:00Jan's Paperbacks Website Launch Party<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9FTjo_bk_6I/T3YHg0NAGdI/AAAAAAAAFEM/QeHyroG5Q5k/s1600/DSC_0262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9FTjo_bk_6I/T3YHg0NAGdI/AAAAAAAAFEM/QeHyroG5Q5k/s320/DSC_0262.JPG" width="320" /></a>A collection of Northwest authors - including some of our Roses - came to celebrate the new website for local bookseller <a href="http://www.janspaperbacks.com/">Jan's Paperbacks</a>. We schmoozed with readers and authors from other genres and of course one another. <br />
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The desserts were the highlight of the night, including <a href="http://www.delilahmarvelle.com/">Delilah Marvelle's</a> infamous exploding cake. Her hubby had the task of cutting the cake without turning it into a mess of mush. The man has skills! <br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ezJMhhUPiIA/T3YIQawe7HI/AAAAAAAAFEc/zMVLzs_FMsw/s1600/DSC_0259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ezJMhhUPiIA/T3YIQawe7HI/AAAAAAAAFEc/zMVLzs_FMsw/s200/DSC_0259.JPG" width="200" /></a>Best of luck to <a href="http://www.janspaperbacks.com/">Jan's Paperbacks</a> on this new venture. <br />
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<img height="63" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BeVMNOhuTdM/T3YHRyUmVxI/AAAAAAAAFEE/jz-t94vN3E8/s200/DSC_0261.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 668px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 288px;" width="96" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-53808371534620101462012-03-10T21:35:00.001-08:002012-03-30T12:24:46.216-07:00The New Era of Publishing – Making it Work For You! with April Eberhardt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKzijF-PKxY/T1w5Ph0W9CI/AAAAAAAAFA8/5tj7mWsEstU/s1600/DSC_0234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKzijF-PKxY/T1w5Ph0W9CI/AAAAAAAAFA8/5tj7mWsEstU/s320/DSC_0234.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After the official passing of the gavel from one chapter president to the next, and the presentation of our thank you gift for our three-year presidential veteran, it was time to get down to business with the workshop.</span></div><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tYi5yGhtjsQ/T1w5XSMa5OI/AAAAAAAAFBE/2rgvkRKSWqc/s1600/DSC_0237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tYi5yGhtjsQ/T1w5XSMa5OI/AAAAAAAAFBE/2rgvkRKSWqc/s320/DSC_0237.JPG" width="175" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our chapter had a special guest this month, literary agent April Eberhardt. She came to share her thoughts on the future of publishing and what writers need to know before considering self-publishing.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">***</span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UHYHnBv9v1k/T1w5e-18mQI/AAAAAAAAFBM/hsZgyyr-v2E/s1600/DSC_0238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UHYHnBv9v1k/T1w5e-18mQI/AAAAAAAAFBM/hsZgyyr-v2E/s320/DSC_0238.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Risk aversion in traditional publishing opened the door for independent and self publishing. They are looking for ways to stay relevant, including new electronic publishing divisions. The bigger the publisher, the more bureaucracy, the harder it is for them to be flexible. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Where there is change, there is opportunity. An author’s ability to choose how to be published has given authors more power in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Discoverability should be the biggest concern to all authors. You are up against daunting competition. Promote yourself. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Emerging to models of publishing provides different ways for writers and readers to connect. Blog, comment on blogs, get involved in the underground conversation. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Traditional publishing offered you and advance, and they took care of the expenses of publishing the book. In the new models there is an investment component, authors are being expected to shoulder some of the burden of expenses and marketing.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Whatever you choose to do today, you don’t have to do tomorrow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><u>5 Must Dos for Self-published Authors</u> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Make sure your story is good. Start with an engaging top-notch story. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a good, fast start. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Edit. If you can, hire a good freelance editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trade editing with another author.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Create and alluring cover. Think brand identity and allure. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Exercise your marketing skills – create awareness. Discoverability. Social media. Blogs, Review sites. Goodreads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call in your favors.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Let go of the idea that only traditionally published books are real. The perception of self-published books is changing. </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you are going to self-publish, you have to do it right. </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-22120173946565963602012-02-11T17:37:00.001-08:002012-03-30T12:26:11.913-07:00Congratulations to the new RCRW Board!<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zSdZEA8o7-w/TzcWpHrN4kI/AAAAAAAAE8Y/V47C5GPKaFo/s1600/2012-02-11_10.38.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zSdZEA8o7-w/TzcWpHrN4kI/AAAAAAAAE8Y/V47C5GPKaFo/s320/2012-02-11_10.38.04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Looking forward to a great year with Sarah, Nancy, Elizabeth, Laurel, Linda, Mae, Delilah & new chapter president, Deanne!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-69108733836282565412012-02-06T09:39:00.001-08:002012-03-30T12:25:04.121-07:00Book Breeze Reader / Author Speed Dating Event<div style="border: currentColor;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fpgj7gepGuo/TzAQABTZ6lI/AAAAAAAAE48/ZoY8fTqR_20/s1600/DSC_2364.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" sda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fpgj7gepGuo/TzAQABTZ6lI/AAAAAAAAE48/ZoY8fTqR_20/s320/DSC_2364.JPG" width="320" /></a>The gals from Rose City Romance Writers were out and about last weekend at a fun reader/author event put on by The Book Breeze. There was lots of talk about the tablescapes authors put together. </div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nIjTeWBazM8/TzAQF37jaVI/AAAAAAAAE5E/NBJOGYPADUE/s1600/DSC_2365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" sda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nIjTeWBazM8/TzAQF37jaVI/AAAAAAAAE5E/NBJOGYPADUE/s320/DSC_2365.JPG" width="320" /></a>Nancy Brophy had a gorgeous table cloth and canvas prints of her book covers. Jenna Bayley-Burke brought flowers and chocolate -- it was dating after all. Delilah Marvelle decorated with cover flats of Mistress of Pleasure. Jessa Slade brought those delectible Lofthouse sugar cookies, which made her table one of the most visited. Maggie Jamieson kept us all hydrated with water bottles. Lisa Hendrix brought enough books to hand out to everyone...and that's just the ones I remember off the top of my head.</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uQBoqDJqyMc/TzAQHH-ctDI/AAAAAAAAE5M/ChI-tLcjb0s/s1600/DSC_2366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" sda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uQBoqDJqyMc/TzAQHH-ctDI/AAAAAAAAE5M/ChI-tLcjb0s/s320/DSC_2366.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
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</div>Look for another fun gathering from The Book Breeze in the Autumn.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-73250219526862331312011-11-15T11:31:00.001-08:002012-03-30T12:25:57.119-07:00Roses & Emeralds<div style="border: currentColor;"><div style="border: currentColor;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-viCsYNCxKRw/TsK9gvpJZKI/AAAAAAAAEpU/kJ5eRgUxylw/s1600/DSC_1119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-viCsYNCxKRw/TsK9gvpJZKI/AAAAAAAAEpU/kJ5eRgUxylw/s320/DSC_1119.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YMDgOQrKi-Y/TsK8SSoQzGI/AAAAAAAAEo0/BDewK4w99Is/s1600/DSC_1207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YMDgOQrKi-Y/TsK8SSoQzGI/AAAAAAAAEo0/BDewK4w99Is/s320/DSC_1207.JPG" width="320" /></a>If this were Twitter, I'd say RCRW was all over ECWC this year. But it is Blogger, so I can type as much as I want! </div></div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><div style="border: currentColor;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qc-_vpe2z2E/TsK8pE6CTdI/AAAAAAAAEo8/NwinxCl-vPQ/s1600/DSC_1202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qc-_vpe2z2E/TsK8pE6CTdI/AAAAAAAAEo8/NwinxCl-vPQ/s320/DSC_1202.JPG" width="213" /></a>With more than a dozen Rose City Romance Writers members attending the Emerald City Writers Conference in Bellevue, WA this year, the conference felt even cozier than usual. In every class I was able to spy a local lovely, and finding someone to sit with at meals was a no brainer since we comandeered two tables!</div></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XaO6woQ07wc/TsK9KbidjhI/AAAAAAAAEpE/UNCBTHRj-wI/s1600/DSC_1176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XaO6woQ07wc/TsK9KbidjhI/AAAAAAAAEpE/UNCBTHRj-wI/s320/DSC_1176.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I gushed about the conference on my <a href="http://jennabayley-burke.blogspot.com/search/label/ECWC">blog</a>, so I won't double that here. I just wanted an opportunity to share some pictures of the babes of RCRW.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qEIjM1o_vVE/TsK9RiRYh5I/AAAAAAAAEpM/9bnkyg_Wy20/s1600/DSC_1140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" nda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qEIjM1o_vVE/TsK9RiRYh5I/AAAAAAAAEpM/9bnkyg_Wy20/s320/DSC_1140.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And to share some gift basket news. Did you know that Cherry Adair had a hand in making RCRW more beautiful? All three of her fabulous decorating baskets went to RCRW members -- Laurel, Nancy & moi!<br />
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</div><div style="border: currentColor;">And to give a special congrats to Cherry Adair Finish the Damn Book Challenge winners Mae Penn & Mary Oldham. Mary was even lucky enough to win Cherry's personal insudtry professional matchmaking skills. She'll hear back on that...today. (whistling) </div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sqo7PZe8UD0/TsK8F99NawI/AAAAAAAAEok/c8PSC9QCSf0/s1600/CSC_1167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sqo7PZe8UD0/TsK8F99NawI/AAAAAAAAEok/c8PSC9QCSf0/s320/CSC_1167.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfScmrwnxZ4/TsK96vYw2cI/AAAAAAAAEpc/SZv2jqzU-ns/s1600/DSC_1177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfScmrwnxZ4/TsK96vYw2cI/AAAAAAAAEpc/SZv2jqzU-ns/s320/DSC_1177.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-62435621949865302102011-11-13T11:13:00.000-08:002011-11-13T11:13:41.695-08:00Workshop Notes :: Writing Sex with Deilah Marvelle<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.duclerck.com/131111/Sexy_legs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nda="true" src="http://www.duclerck.com/131111/Sexy_legs.jpg" width="224" /></a></div>What really makes for an interesting sex scene is delving into your character in a way you don’t in the rest of the narrative. We are different people when the clothes come off. What changes when you are stripped down to basics? <br />
• Have a plan with your love scene. What are you digging for in that love scene – kinky, steamy, rough, soft, emotional, make-up…what? <br />
• Do a sexual arc for your characters. This is reflected in love scenes. Who are they and how do they relate to their partner. <br />
• Be original. Don’t worry about writing the perfect love scene. They don’t always need a bed, to be completely naked. <br />
• Use the language the character would use. Just because they are having sex, doesn’t mean they have a different background<br />
• The end result is not the climax itself, but what the reader takes away from the scene once the climax is over. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.duclerck.com/NakedBy/NakedBy_125x125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" nda="true" src="http://www.duclerck.com/NakedBy/NakedBy_125x125.jpg" /></a>When a love scene is written really well, you learn something about the characters. In a love scene you should be exchanging something unexpected between the characters. Some kind of revelation. Doesn’t have to be huge, something a reader would miss if they skim the scene. </div><br />
Dialogue in a sex scene has one person – to express mutual desire and affection. Talk, look, be dirty. Humor is always helpful, makes things pop. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.duclerck.com/pod/110710_cherry_tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nda="true" src="http://www.duclerck.com/pod/110710_cherry_tn.jpg" /></a>Less is sometimes more, especially when it comes to dialogue in a love sceen. You Tarzan, me Jane applies. Centers on looks, desires, feelings. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Erotic Inspirations – erotic photography (these images are from Duclerck free erotic magazine)<br />
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Love scenes should be a 3some not a 2some the writer should be that involved<br />
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Be a sensualist, find your inner French girl, slow your thoughts down and bring out those moments, make it special.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-49685603806739822162011-11-12T10:32:00.001-08:002012-03-30T12:26:44.282-07:00RCRW Spring Intensive Tentative Schedule<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>SPRING INTENSIVE :: March 30-April 1</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Red Lion Inn at the Quay Vancouver, WA</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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6-7:30 Pitch Practice (25 words or less)<br />
7:45-9 Industry Professionals Panel (moderated by <a href="http://jennabayleyburke.com/">Jenna Bayley-Burke</a>, send questions in advance)<br />
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<strong>Saturday</strong><br />
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7-8:30 Breakfast<br />
7:30-9 Storyboarding Your Career with <a href="http://www.susanlute.com/">Su Lute</a><br />
9-11 Speed Dating : Pitching<br />
9-11 Workshops (to be announced)<br />
11-12 E-publishing Panel (moderated by <a href="http://www.cassielknight.com/">Cassiel Knight</a>)<br />
12-1:30 Lunch<br />
1:30-3 Query Workshop with <a href="http://slushpiletales.wordpress.com/">Lauren Ruth</a><br />
3-4 Spotlight : Entangled Publishing<br />
4-530 <a href="http://storyfix.com/">Larry Brooks</a>, part 1<br />
5:30-7 Dinner (on your own)<br />
7-9 Industry Professionals Roundtable<br />
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<strong>Sunday</strong><br />
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7-8 Breakfast<br />
8-9:30 Legalese for Writers, part 1 with <a href="http://www.artcop.com/text/kohel.html">Kohel Haver</a><br />
9:30-11 <a href="http://storyfix.com/">Larry Brooks</a>, part 2<br />
11-12 Self-publishing Panel<br />
12-1:30 Lunch<br />
1:30-3 Legalese for Writers, part 2<br />
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<u>Agents</u><br />
<a href="http://www.adventuresinagentland.blogspot.com/">Natalie Lakosil</a> – Bradford Lit :: She is looking for children’s literature, romance (contemporary, paranormal and historical), upmarket women’s fiction and select nonfiction. Specific likes include historical, multi-cultural, paranormal, sci-fi/fantasy, gritty, thrilling and darker contemporary novels<br />
<a href="http://www.maassagency.com/agents.html">Amy Boggs</a> – Donald Maas Agency :: She is looking for fantasy and science fiction, especially urban fantasy, paranormal romance, steampunk, YA/children's, and alternate history. She is not looking for thrillers, women's fiction, or picture books.<br />
<a href="http://slushpiletales.wordpress.com/">Lauren Ruth</a> – <a href="http://www.bookends-inc.com/">Bookends</a> :: Lauren is looking for literary fiction, romance, women's fiction, chick lit, young adult, middle grade, mystery, historical fiction, and steampunk.<br />
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<u>Editors</u><br />
Holly Black – St. Martins<br />
<a href="http://www.entangledpublishing.com/management/">Liz Pelletier & Heather Howland</a> – Entangled<br />
Pending Confirmation??<br />
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<u>Special Guests</u><br />
<a href="http://storyfix.com/">Larry Brooks</a> - StoryFix<br />
<a href="http://www.artcop.com/text/kohel.html">Kohel Haver</a> – Attorney<br />
Jon Fine – Amazon<br />
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Registration opens January 1, $150 members, $200 membersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-37030167113746353372011-09-18T22:13:00.001-07:002012-03-30T12:25:25.183-07:00Thought To Plot Sunday<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fpRad5EpDf4/TnbM1s4_6_I/AAAAAAAAEas/gx27xgNXlQU/s1600/DSC_0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" rba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fpRad5EpDf4/TnbM1s4_6_I/AAAAAAAAEas/gx27xgNXlQU/s200/DSC_0514.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>Mary Buckham joined RCRW for another day to shed some light on the secrets of characterization and plotting. We all had fun with it, especially the assignments.<br />
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We started with ennegrams. I love using them when creating characters. I have an abbreviated method for character charts I call <a href="http://pinkheartsociety.blogspot.com/2007/04/saturday-surprise-fun-with-findaboo.html">point-and-click characterization</a> -- ennegrams, archetypes, astrology and sex. What more do you need? <br />
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<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u9E5-cuqzds/TnbNlaXwdBI/AAAAAAAAEaw/Klo8Q7jOz38/s1600/DSC_0515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" rba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u9E5-cuqzds/TnbNlaXwdBI/AAAAAAAAEaw/Klo8Q7jOz38/s320/DSC_0515.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Learning the ennegrams of our chaptermates had everyone laughing. Guess who is a one? You know, the perfectionist? Why, that's our Jessie who organized the whole weekend. <br />
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Knowing our ennegram type helps us learn our default personality type for characters, and what to look for when comments on our story come back saying our heroine is acting out of character - it's probably when she's reacting as we would, not as she would. <br />
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</div><div style="border: currentColor;">Next, we moved on to character traits. We saw how using unexpected traits made for more rounded characters. Mary taught us not to write default characterization, more dimensional characters are what editors are looking for when they say they want the same, but different.</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nh7K9DaxeZk/TnbNvVZ8L2I/AAAAAAAAEa0/EGxCWriB-qI/s1600/DSC_0523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" rba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nh7K9DaxeZk/TnbNvVZ8L2I/AAAAAAAAEa0/EGxCWriB-qI/s200/DSC_0523.JPG" width="133" /></a> </div><div style="border: currentColor;"><u>Character traits for career choices</u></div><div style="border: currentColor;">COP -- controlling, helper, jaded, dominant, observant</div>FACTORY WORKER -- exacting, reliable, disenchanted<br />
EXOTIC DANCER -- exhibitionist, confident, resourceful<br />
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<u>What if they are spun around, and we change the assumed gender of the character?</u><br />
female COP -- exhibitionist, confident, resourceful<br />
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female FACTORY WORKER -- controlling, helper, jaded, dominant, observant<br />
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male EXOTIC DANCER -- exacting, reliable, disenchanted<br />
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TOTALLY different characters come to mind, and they are much more interesting than before.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dW--_XqSol4/TnbOJSisTiI/AAAAAAAAEa4/tpyPmuDmP1U/s1600/DSC_0521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" rba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dW--_XqSol4/TnbOJSisTiI/AAAAAAAAEa4/tpyPmuDmP1U/s200/DSC_0521.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>To explore character traits, we wrote five character traits of our hero or heroine...these were collected and doled out. We took the traits provided and then expanded on them. And then we passed it to the left and did it again. This really opened up personalities. <br />
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Here's mine<br />
<ol><li>busy > hyperactive > high achiever</li>
<li>responsibile > stodgy > reliable</li>
<li>determined > stubborn > persistent</li>
<li>adventurous > reckless > curious</li>
<li>charming > manipulative > self-assured</li>
</ol> Not every suggestion works, but it does help brighten the picture of your character.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8jCKJ_0jGkg/TnbPa3rYMHI/AAAAAAAAEa8/ZUxQbtQ_i5c/s1600/DSC_0525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" rba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8jCKJ_0jGkg/TnbPa3rYMHI/AAAAAAAAEa8/ZUxQbtQ_i5c/s320/DSC_0525.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>After lunch, the conversation turned from characters to plot structure. As a proud non-plotter, I mainly listened. One thing I was able to see yesterday was that I naturally work in scene and structure. I didn't understand it twenty-four hours ago, but was able to find the elements easily in the story I'd brought to analyze. <br />
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We worked through goals and turning points, fears and black moments. Nancy CB was ultra brave and offered up her story for examples. I suppose she can say it was all the gypsy fortune tellers fault :)<br />
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The best part of the whole weekend was getting to reconnect with chapter-mates. We really do have a special group. I can't wait to do it again!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-91331772230059119122011-09-17T20:59:00.000-07:002011-09-17T20:59:24.259-07:00Break Into Fiction Workshop<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kud4EnPezec/TnVrmmbua5I/AAAAAAAAEaI/uKZqfhrAUA0/s1600/DSC_0475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" rba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kud4EnPezec/TnVrmmbua5I/AAAAAAAAEaI/uKZqfhrAUA0/s320/DSC_0475.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Each year, the romance community rallies around Brenda Novak's auction to raise money for juvenile diabetes research. RCRW was luck enough to win the auction for a two-day workshop from Break Into Fiction authors Dianna Love & Mary Buckham. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Everyone showed up on time (this is HUGE for RCRW) to enjoy the treats Jessie arranged for us. Coffe, juice, pastires, bagels, fruit & yogurt. YUM! We are so motivated my food.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Then it was time to get down to business. Here are the gist of my notes. <br />
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Opening Hooks :: What makes this book break out and intrigue readers? Readers resonate to different hooks. The more hooks you incorporate, the more likely you are to draw a reader in. Action, surprise, raising a question, introducing a new element. <br />
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An editor/agent tends to read the first 3 pages and if they like it, they’ll flip to the synopsis to make sure your story is solid. If they like that, they’ll read the 3 chapters.<br />
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SCENES are units of action and emotion that stamp indelibly upon one’s awareness. A scene as a unit of conflict, of struggle, lived through by the character and the reader. Multiple points of view dilutes the emotion of the character.<br />
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Thank ACTION. The sequel, which is also an element of pacing, is the REACTION<br />
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3 functions of a scene<br />
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• Move your character toward their goal or show how the goal has changed<br />
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• Bring the character into greater conflict<br />
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• Strengthens or changes motivation <br />
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We spend our whole lives trying to tone down conflict – make the kids and the husband and boss are all happy. If you do that in a novel, nothing is going to happen. To avoid that, you work with scenes, conflict on the page. If your scene is not functioning, it is not working hard enough. <br />
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Dwight Swain’s Scene Advice :: Establish a goal that is clear for the character and thus for the reader. Each scene begins with a goal, then comes conflict.<br />
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Conflict is what creates the tension on the pages. Great conflict happens when the stakes are high, when the forces of opposition are equal. <br />
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When goal meets conflict what must happen next is a DISASTER or COMPLICATION. The STORY QUESTION<br />
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SEQUELS : Sequels are the reaction to the preceding scene. They create breathing space.<br />
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3 parts of a sequel<br />
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• Reaction <br />
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• dilemma <br />
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• decision <br />
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Clarify motivation for your character, and thus for your reader. Sequel clarifies the motivation for the reader. <br />
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SETTING<br />
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Use settings to make your sentences do more than one thing. Relate your character to the setting. It can be more than just the description of a place. <br />
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Use setting ::<br />
• to share backstory<br />
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• in an action sequence<br />
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• as a segue in a scene<br />
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• to show characterization<br />
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• to impact pacing<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Add one or more of the 5 senses</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-74269014739212104552011-04-23T21:07:00.000-07:002011-04-23T21:07:04.593-07:00Author Marketing 101<div style="text-align: center;">with C Morgan Kennedy & Therese Patrick</div><div style="text-align: center;">aka Cheryl & Mary...</div><br />
<ul><li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-21UTHawtUhk/TbOhra9hukI/AAAAAAAAD-I/acPb0lm45jE/s1600/DSC_1695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-21UTHawtUhk/TbOhra9hukI/AAAAAAAAD-I/acPb0lm45jE/s320/DSC_1695.JPG" width="213" /></a>Marketing doesn't have to be expensive - use low cost and no-cost methods </li>
<li>Marketing isn't a time suck if you focus - spend 10% of your writing time on marketing</li>
<li>Marketing is the bridge between media & money</li>
<li>Platform means nothing if you don't reach out from it</li>
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<ul><li>Readers do not identify with author angst</li>
<li>YA readers do not care about menopausal meanderings</li>
</ul>PERSONA - what your interests are and how you are engaging your readers. <br />
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WEBSITE - youre reception area & your shopping cart for readers<br />
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EXERCISE 1<br />
What do you write?<br />
Who is your audience?<br />
What is their natural habitat?<br />
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EXERCISE 2<br />
What images come to mind<br />
3-5 images<br />
3-5 colors<br />
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EXERCISE 3<br />
Think about who you want to be...<br />
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EXERCISE 4<br />
How do you want to be perceived by your audience?<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">DO NOT AIR YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY. </span></strong><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9o6yABxpzDk/TbOhs7epeMI/AAAAAAAAD-M/E8qJSS_c-Xo/s1600/DSC_1699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9o6yABxpzDk/TbOhs7epeMI/AAAAAAAAD-M/E8qJSS_c-Xo/s320/DSC_1699.JPG" width="213" /></a>Be sure that what you put out there is something you can hold true to over the long term, and in social situations.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Seamless self promotion -> you are your biggest fan</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><u>Point-of-Purpose Marketing</u> - How you encourage readers to buy at signings and events. pop-up displays, chocolate, props to incite conversation</div><br />
<u>Pull Marketing</u> - pull people towards your books and events. (visiting blogs, blogging)<br />
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<u>Push Marketing</u> - focus on connections with readers & their desire to be entertained and informed about your book, or topics in your books (website, social networking)<br />
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Aside from Sarah - if anyone wants their left book pierced, go to Keepsake Tatoo in Astoria and ask for her sonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141896152701041164.post-25358199677104333822011-04-23T16:23:00.000-07:002011-04-23T16:27:12.803-07:00QueryFest<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RUaJOVjd1K8/TbNa2prHcfI/AAAAAAAAD-E/mKc-CpUwOMM/s1600/DSC_1687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RUaJOVjd1K8/TbNa2prHcfI/AAAAAAAAD-E/mKc-CpUwOMM/s320/DSC_1687.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brave souls passed their queries to Kim, who read them aloud. The editors and agents raised their hand at the point they would have stopped reading, and once the letter was over, they explained what would make them stop. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Some hints ::</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<ul><li>Don't tell if a character is witty or sassy, let the writing show that.</li>
<li>Focus on the story, not on why you are qualified to write it</li>
<li>Keep it short, all of the editors requested a story but said the query for it was too long</li>
<li>Bring your voice to the query</li>
<li>Tell why you chose to submit to this editor/agent, show that you'vedone your research</li>
<li>A hook at the beginning is good, but keep it short.</li>
<li>Don't highlight too much tragedy or chiche </li>
<li>Avoid being repetitive</li>
<li>Shorter is better</li>
<li>Proofread! Typos are careless. </li>
</ul>Keep it to the HOOK the BOOK and the COOK. 3 paragraphs, in and out. Never more than 5 lines per paragraph.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880106055269169399noreply@blogger.com0