New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole takes you through a series of exercises that will let you build a story from the barest spark through twists and turns.
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New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole takes you through a series of exercises that will let you build a story from the barest spark through twists and turns. He’ll give you several story recipes and show you how you can work from them to create delightfully complex and engrossing stories.
New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole gives you the “mission checklist” to make sure your novel is ready to publish.
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New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole gives you the “mission checklist” to make sure your novel is ready to publish. He’ll cover the basics from how to know if you want to do one more draft, on through how to produce and package your book for sale. If you think you’re ready to pull the trigger on publishing, or if you want to make sure you’ve got all the pieces in place, this seminar will provide you with answers to all your questions, and some you didn’t even know you should ask.
New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole unravels the mysteries of creating compelling plots.
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New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole unravels the mysteries of creating compelling plots. A novel is a huge undertaking, written over weeks or months, and the plot has to hold it all together. From creating an outline to maintaining flexibility, this seminar gives you the insider knowledge that will separate you from all of your peers.
Master plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts to plotting to breaking writer's block.
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Plotting is one of the more difficult disciplines to master in writing. Some writers have an innate sense of what makes a story work, but most writers, particularly those early in their apprenticeships, will benefit from plotting. This seminar focuses on various plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts, initial plotting and eventual refinement, how to break the dreaded writer's block and how to avoid it in the first place.
Discuss types of tension, as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page
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Tension is one of the basic building blocks of modern day fiction. If you know how to lay the seeds of tension, and how to coax them, you can transform your fiction from merely noteworthy to exceptional. In this seminar, the different types of tension are discussed, as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page.
New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole presents the Rules of Writing. The insider tips and tricks that you'd pick up in the first five years of your career presented in an hour.
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New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole presents the Rules of Writing. These are the insider tips and tricks that you'd pick up in the first five years of your writing career, all presented here in an hour. Gleaned from personal experience and the experience of writers dating back to the 1930s, these tricks will cut three years out of your development as a writer.
Learn everything you need to know about structuring scenes to create compelling stories.
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Well structured scenes make for compelling story telling. How can you construct powerful scenes for a novel or short story? And how do you string scenes together to create a vivid and stirring piece of writing? Learn everything you need to know about the art of structuring scenes.
Zombie Walk Workshop Makeup & Costume & Acting & Staging
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Hands on Zombie makeup, clothing prep, how to shamble, be a Zombie Victim, role of the military type Citizen Protector & Zombie Walk etiquette.
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This workshop will cover topics such as how to identify a willing victim during a zombie walk and how to assist with their conversion. Also how to pre-stage clothing and makeup for on the move victim-to-zombie conversions. Learn how to make great and gross "wounds" from simple yucky sticky patches of gross to "wounds" with hidden air bladders to create pulsing oozing effects. Need help with your zombie or para-military costume or persona? We can help with that! Everyone who wishes to will leave this class wearing a new zombie face and the skills to recreate it at will - just in time for the Zombie Walk!