Lorin Expounds on Scenes

Lorin Oberweger, Free Expressions founder, editor and award winning author, discussed scene structure with an attentive group at the August 13th meeting. Using an example opening scene, she covered the basic building blocks of a scene, including time and place, viewpoint character, and inciting incident. Her handouts included a scene synopsis card, which guides the writer in building a sound scene, and her own Scene Response Sheet, which gives the reader a group of criteria for rating the effectiveness of a scene on a gut level. This is helpful from a critique standpoint as well as a self-evaluation.

Ms. Oberweger's relaxed style and confident command of knowledge made her a big hit with the audience, and many told me afterward how grateful they were for her presentation. I look forward to her return in the future.

If anyone is interested in improving their writing skills through a workshop, which is highly recommended by many writers, editors and others in the business, Lorin hosts several excellent seminars, including those by Donald Maass. (Enthusiastic disclaimer: I attended his High Tension Workshop last year and it was incredible!)

'til next month,
John

Writing Workshop coming to Tampa Nov 6-9

Greetings writerlings!

I've received news that a Don Maass workshop will be held in Tampa, Nov. 6-9, 2008. It's called High Tension Workshop, and is designed to increase the tension in your novel and help you develop it into a selling vehicle. Feedback from others has been positive, to the effect that I've signed up for the 3 and 1/2 day workshop.

I was going to post a flyer here, but that seems too large for the blog, so I'm going to put their link here and you can register directly on-line. In the discount message enter "FWA and $50 discount" to receive a break on the price.

Go to: www.free-expressions.com to register and get more information.

Yours truly, sincerely, and passionately,

John