02/01/10 - 02/26/10 - On-Line Workshop: The Plotting Wheel with Becky Martinez and Sue Viders

Southern Tier Authors of Romance is starting off their 2010 On-line
Workshops in February with The Plotting Wheel. Check it out below.

FEBRUARY 1 - 26, 2010 -- On-Line Workshop: The Plotting Wheel: Ten Elements that Move Your Story Forward is being offered by Becky Martinez and Sue Viders through the Southern Tier Authors of Romance (STAR - NY).
Registration is open now through January 31, 2010.

THE CLASS:

Plotting can be a big challenge, even for a seasoned writer. This class
introduces the Plotting Wheel, a step by step method that can help everyone
from beginners to published authors develop their ideas into novel form. No
matter what method of plotting a writer uses, there are certain elements
that need to go into any well told story. This interactive workshop goes
through the various elements and turns them into the spokes of "The Plotting
Wheel." Learn how to use those spokes to move your story along into a
well-developed plot. The plotting wheel can help the writer make certain
they're headed in the right direction with their plot and that the story is
moving forward through meaningful action, building tension, and good pacing.
The plotting wheel can help get a story off to a good beginning, help prop
up a sagging middle and provide help to insure there is a satisfying climax
and conclusion.

THE INSTRUCTORS: Sue Viders is the author of more than 20 books, numerous articles and columns for both artists and writers. Her writing book Heroes and Heroines, Sixteen Master Archetypes, is used in many college and
university writing courses. Her latest product for writers is Deal a Story;
an interactive card game consisting of 101 cards and six sections and is
based on her Heroes and Heroines book.

Becky Martinez is an award-winning former broadcast journalist and published romance novelist. Her latest romantic suspense novel, Deadly Messages will be published by The Wild Rose Press in February 2010. Her first romance novel was an Aspen Gold finalist. She has had several short stories
published, including "The Problem" in 2008 by The Wild Rose Press and she
contributed a short story to The Trouble with Romance, an anthology that was
a 2007 New Mexico Book Award Finalist.

Both Sue and Becky were co-authors of the writing book, 10 Steps to Creating Memorable Characters. This workbook for writers is gaining use as a practical tool for beginning writers who want to develop their characters as they build their plot.

THE COST: Still only $20 for RWA members, and $25 for non-members.

TO REGISTER: To register, send a check or Money Order in U.S. Dollars, made out to STAR On-Line Workshop, and mail to: Carol A. Henry, STAR On-line Workshop Coordinator, 90 Dry Brook Road, Willseyville, NY 13864.
Alternatively, if you have a PayPal account, you can pay by going to
<http://www.PayPal.com> http://www.PayPal.com. Select the "send money"
button, enter the amount due, and STAR's email address for payment:
<mailto:starpay@gmail.com> starpay@gmail.com. Then send your registration
information (name, address, phone number, email address, RWA#) to Carol at:
<mailto:carolhenry@frontiernet.net> carolhenry@frontiernet.net).