FINDING FREEDOM IN THE FORM – AN AUTHOR SEMINAR & CRAFT WRITING WORKSHOP – Renatus Life

FINDING FREEDOM IN THE FORM – AN AUTHOR SEMINAR & CRAFT WRITING WORKSHOP

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025

Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Location: The Moxy Hotel Charleston (547 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC)

How to Tranform that Idea in Your Head or that Dust-Collecting Draft into a Book that Sells

An Author Seminar and Craft-Writing Workshop with Jonathan Richard Grant!

HIGHLIGHTS:

BIG-PICTURE AUTHOR WISDOMS
The Ins and Outs of ‘the Book’, What to Do, What Not to Do, and When to Do or Not to do Them
The Strength of ‘Creative Form’—Understanding like the River between it’s Banks, the Freedom to Flow within it
How to get your Books in your Hand—and out to the World

BUILDING BULLETPROOF PLOTS AND CREATING REALLY COOL CHARACTERS
What is Your World
Secrets of ‘the Arc’
Nothing comes Easy. Tension, Tension, Tension. Raise Your Stakes
How to Define and Develop a Truly Rad Protagonist
An Utterly Devious Antaonist and Textured Supporting Characters

IMMERSIVE WORKSHOP IN WRITING CRAFT
Tips and Tricks to Dynamic Dialogue
Secrets to Scintillating ‘Scene’
Syntactic Style is Synatactic Power
Narrow Your Focus to Widen Your Scope
When to Foreshadow and When not to Foreshadow
How and When (and Why) to Play with ‘Tense’
Narration Tactics: First Person or Third Person, Present or Past—and Why?
‘Techniques to Toggle’
What Story is Human—and Why Books will Never Die

BONUSES:
Post Workshop Q&A for Answers to anything under the Literary Sun

No matter what type of ‘Story’ you wish to Tell, the Fundamental Building Blocks of ‘Story’ will greatly Aid the Efficiency and Power of your Telling

OPTIONS:
20-minute Personal Coaching Session with Jonathan – Limited Availability
Valet Parking is available for $10 per car
Drinks and Food are Available for Purchase
Enjoy the Sunset atop The Moxy Charleston with a Refreshing Drink

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