Quick note: The next webinar is JULY 30, at 8 PM. Details coming.
Before I tell all about the final session of Fifty First Chapters, it’s time for a pop-quiz.
How do you explain why your main character won’t go swimming with the cute guy who looks great in board-shorts AND AT THE SAME TIME, answer in advance why she cannot face fighting her early-onset breast cancer with chemotherapy that could save her life?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Why, you use backstory of course! (Duh, the MC was attacked by piranhas and now has a major fear of water, animal predators, and physical pain.)
Session 3 is not only all about embedding backstory, but more importantly, making that all-important choice: Where to Start Your Story.
We’ll broadcast live tonight at 8 PM mountain time. See the links below for details, and see you there!
Links:
- Instructions for how to win a free 1st chapter critique.
- An updated Session 1 Hand-Out.
- Session 2 Hand-out.
- Session 3 Hand-out
- The Course Description and What Will Be Taught in each session
- Heather’s blog post on emotional beats.
- Heather’s favorite blog post by advancewriting.com about scene structure.
- A recorded video of Session 1.
- A recorded video of Session 2.
- A live-feed of Session 3. You can also watch the session right here on this page, using the video below. However, if you want to chat with everyone (and Heather and me) while watching, please open the video inside YouTube (just click the words Session 2.)
