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Becoming a Better Writer Is in the Cards!
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REACH YOUR APEX
Early May Update
It's May, a perfect time to build stuff, so we're bringing three workshops that will help wordsmiths construct some great tales!
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Coming this Saturday is a workshop I requested special from Carrie Callahan called Divining Story: Using Tarot for Storyboarding. I've seen Carrie use this trick personally and thought it was a brilliant way to construct a plot.
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Holly Walrath teaches Character-Based Worldbuilding on May 15th. Are you someone who doesn't adhere to tried-and-true methodology? Let Holly show you how to tap into your spontaneity to build dynamic, sensible worlds.
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Did You Know?
Instructor Carrie Callahan is named after the Stephen King novel Carrie. No word if she's any relation to Father Callahan from Salem's Lot and The Dark Tower series.
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DIVINING STORY: USING TAROT FOR STORYBOARDING
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$35.00
Join us for an immersive workshop where we explore the fusion of tarot and storytelling. In this unique session, you will learn how to harness the mystical power of tarot cards to unlock your creativity and enrich your storyboarding process.
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- Introduction to Tarot Storytelling: Delve into the fundamentals of tarot and its potential for inspiring narrative arcs and character development.
- Tarot Deck Exploration: Learn how to select and interpret tarot cards to stimulate creative thinking and craft compelling storylines.
- Storyboarding Techniques: Discover how to integrate tarot insights into the storyboarding process, using them as prompts for scene construction and plot progression.
- Interactive Exercises: Engage in hands-on activities designed to ignite your imagination and expand your storytelling horizons.
- Q&A and Feedback Session: Wrap up the workshop with a collaborative discussion, wherein you can seek personalized guidance and share your experience with the group.
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No prior experience with tarot or storytelling is required to participate. Whether you’re an aspiring writer, filmmaker, game designer, or simply a storytelling enthusiast, this workshop is tailored to kindle your creativity in new and unexpected ways.
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CHARACTER-BASED WORLDBUILDING
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$40.00
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When it comes to worldbuilding, many methods require writers to conduct extensive research to learn about the world they are creating. While creating lists and building a Wiki can be helpful in preparing to write, it can also hinder creativity for writers who prefer a more spontaneous approach.
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THE BUILDING BLOCKS: EVERY WORD, A STORY
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$40.00
In this workshop, we will examine the value of every word to its sentence and every sentence to the ultimate tone, mood, and power of a piece of short fiction.
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Some of the topics that will be covered:
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- General guidelines for writing concise, powerful prose with examples of how these rules generally improve clarity and give more opportunity for gripping prose.
- Avoiding continuous tense, adverbs, putting subjects beside their verbs, etc.
- Moreover, we will discuss why these are general guidelines so that we know when to follow or eschew them, based on voice, style, or functionality reasons.
- We will practice ways to execute beautiful, evocative prose without going purple.
- A focus on verbs and understanding why and how they are the most powerful words in any sentence and therefore must be chosen carefully.
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This workshop is about helping writers view stories on the level of individual words—to understand that stories begin with the word, not the sentence.
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