Whatever the stakes we’re trying to create, if the reader isn’t feeling it, we’re not doing our job as novelists. We’re going to examine big stakes and big tension by considering those scenes that make the spine tingle! It can be a real challenge to convey big feelings across the page and really communicate them viscerally to a reader. Especially when we’re going for fearful, intense, creepy, or dark scenes when we all know it’s going to work out just fine for our hero–she is the HERO, after all! A master storyteller will have readers feeling it just the same. Register for this creative writing workshop to take your protagonist’s stakes to new levels.
The Writers Circle is an open door opportunity to meet Alida over Zoom and ask your writing question. Based on the idea of a professors’ office hours – a time when anyone working with them or curious about meeting them or discussing something in their field of expertise could drop in, say hello, and receive guidance, even an answer – Alida offers an office hour called the Writers Circle.
If you have a writing question, are curious about Alida, or want to see what’s happening and benefit from others’ questions, stop in, say hello, ask away.
The Writers Circle is a free opportunity to meet Alida over Zoom and ask your writing question. Registration is required – click image or title to sign up – drop in, say hello, and receive guidance, even an answer – Alida offers an office hour called the Writers Circle.
If you have a writing question, are curious about Alida, or want to see what’s happening and benefit from others’ questions, stop in, say hello, ask away.
This week on the Story Works Round Table podcast, Alida, Kathryn, & Robert discuss the ways in which character agency is relevant to the whole of your story and the ways in which how well you handle agency could determine how much readers like your book.
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What does in media res mean? And how do you use it appropriately to draw your reader into your story? What happens to the structure of your story if you choose to start in media res? And does it mean your inciting incident has to be off the page?
