Explore strategies to maintain compelling chapters.
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This presentation will explore strategies to help keep promising early chapters from melting into a mushy middle. Topics include: vetting your premise to make sure it's sound and can carry a story filled with escalating stakes and complications; developing fully formed characters whose backstories, desires, and motivations are powerful enough to support a compelling narrative; deepening and expanding conflict so that it's capable of driving a novel; making certain the story operates at varying dramatic temperatures to ensure a vivid emotional experience for the reader; and more!
Lorin Oberweger is a highly sought-after independent book editor and ghostwriter with more than twenty-five years experience in publishing. As an award-winning author, Lorin has eight traditionally published books, including BOOMERANG, REBOUND, and BOUNCE, under the pen name Noelle August. Her latest is THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK, written with TED director, Chris Anderson. https://www.free-expressions.com/
Central Oregon Writers Guild's mission is to provide Central Oregon area writers a forum for mutual support and education through meetings, annual events and workshops. Our goal is to advance growth and success for individual writers of all genres and skill levels. Founded in 2002, the Guild is a non-profit organization, run entirely by volunteers.
Guild meetings take place on a monthly basis, where we feature guest speakers, panels, member readers and small group interaction, with topics of interest to writers at all skill levels. Meetings are free and open to the public.
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Adult Program |
The two-story, 38,855-square-foot library opened in 1998 and features exposed beams and high ceilings, complemented with eastward-facing windows, looking over Bend’s civic square.
