09/25/10 - Ottawa, Canada - Workshop: Story Mastery with Michael Hauge

ORWA brings Michael Hauge to Ottawa for Special 25th Anniversary Workshop on Storytelling

It's hard to believe that it's been 25 years since a group of ambitious writers got together to form the Ottawa Romance Writers' Association. Today, ORWA has grown to 50 members. In order to celebrate our Silver Anniversary, ORWA will be hosting one of the most sought after master instructors of storytelling, Michael Hauge, at the Cartier Place Suite Hotel (Brittany Salon) on September 25, 2010.

During this special, all-day seminar, Hollywood script and story consultant Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read, will present STORY MASTERY his unique approach to creating compelling fiction, and to eliciting emotion in your readers. Using clips from recent blockbuster love stories and romantic comedies, along with hands on exercises, Michael will help you strengthen your story concepts, plot structure, love stories, character development and themes.

Topics covered will include:

• The primary goal of all stories
• The power of desire, need, longing and destiny
• The essential conflict all characters must face
• Turning plot structure from a complicated concept into a simple, powerful tool you can easily apply to every story
• The single key to creating character arc and theme
• Creating unique, believable and fulfilling love stories
• The unique rules of romantic comedy: fantasy, duality, deceit
• Adapting your novel to film

If you want to elevate your fiction writing to the highest possible level, this event is a must.

Please check back here for more information about reserving your spot.

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