02/01/10 - 02/28/10 - Online Workshop - Developing the Perfect Pitch and the Winning Synopsis through Narrative Structure with Jennifer Talty

February 2010 Online Workshop

Developing the Perfect Pitch and the Winning Synopsis through Narrative
Structure
Instructor: Jennifer Talty
When: February 1-28, 2010
Cost: $20 for HCRW and CRW Members, $25 for All Others

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
The key to writing the great book is understanding the craft of writing. The key to getting the attention of an agent or editor is through your ability to take a 100k novel that took you close to a year to write and break it down into a 1 to 2 page synopsis. Even harder is to reduce the novel into a
few sentences so that it conveys the essence of your story. This is no easy task for a writer.

This course will go over how to extract the KEY, ESSENTIAL, ELEMENTS of your story using Narrative Structure as the basis for your synopsis. I will offer lectures, as well as hands on time with your current work-in-progress so that you can see exactly how this method works. Then, once we have a bare bones outline, we will use that to draw out a pitch (which will also be the opening of your query letter) that is no longer than 3 to 5 sentences. The key is to first find your inciting incident, your major turning points, the dark moment, climactic scene, and resolution and only those elements of your story (this is your synopsis). Then, by examining these essential elements,
we will pull our protagonist, antagonist, (goals and motivation) the main conflict and plot, and the key hook we will develop the perfect pitch.

INSTRUCTOR BIO
Jenni received a BS degree in Business Education with a concentration in Marketing and Sales. She spent a few years teaching at the HS level and then at a local Community College. From there she worked for various companies as sales and product trainer. Her passion has always been a good story told in any form. She has two short stories and four full-length novels published with The Wild Rose Press. She teaches writing course at various conferences as well as Writers and Books of Rochester, NY.
Jenni takes her unique background in business and matches it to her years in theatre and brings it to her writing and teaching.

All payments for a workshop must be received by the registration deadline.
Late payments can be applied to a future HCRW workshop of your choosing.
Workshops require a minimum of 10 students.
Cancellations and Refunds:
No registration fees will be refunded.
If less than 10 students are registered by the registration deadline, then the workshop will be cancelled and you will be notified by email.
Your registration fee can be applied to a future HCRW workshop of your
choosing.

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