Each new scene beckons your reader further into the story.
Scenes are the building blocks of fiction. They convey the vision of the story in the author’s head to the minds of readers miles away. A well-written scene is the story teller’s little miracle tool—transporting readers to other worlds, into the lives of characters, and creating a reality all their own. Learn how to build vivid, active, compelling scenes and you’ll have captured an audience for life. This is a half-day course useful to novice writers as a place to begin thinking about their stories. But more experienced authors, who wish to refresh their fiction skills, will find the session helps them take their writing to the next level.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- What makes a great scene
- How to bring characters to life
- Keeping scenes active
- Using the 5 senses to speak to the reader
- Employing universality and emotion
Time requirements
- No time required outside of class.
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- Writers wishing to increase reader appeal or who wonder why their manuscripts haven’t attracted agents/publishers.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
