HOW TO WRITE A PAGE-TURNER WORKSHOP

REGISTRATION DATES: NOW THROUGH APRIL 27, 2023

WORKSHOP DATE: MAY 1 – 6, 2023

• May 1 - Pre-Recorded Video Presentation  - to view at your leisure according to your schedule - available by 8 AM ET (one hour in length)
• May 3 - Pre-Recorded Video Presentation - to view at your leisure according to your schedule - available by 8 AM ET (one hour in length)
• May 6 - LIVE Presentation via Zoom with Q&A at the end - 7 PM ET / 6 PM CT/ 5 PM MT / 4 PM PT (will last approximately 90 minutes)
• May 8 - Recording from the LIVE presentation will be available for viewing by NOON ET

REGISTRATION FEE: $60

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Tension in novels, stories, and even memoirs are like the connective tissue that allows muscles to attach to bones, and thus flex their might. It’s the heart of the conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, and the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing, and characters on their toes. When it’s present, stories leave readers breathless and wanting more. When it’s missing, scenes feel inconsequential, plots drag, and characters meander.

Just learning the basic building blocks of story craft is not enough to write a page-turning story; you need to master the art of tension on every page and within every element of the story. From the inner conflicts of a character's deepest psyche to the mechanics of how you reveal information to the reader, creating tension is critical to crafting a story your readers can't put down!

In this workshop, Jordan Rosenfeld—author of How to Write a Page-Turner (Writer’s Digest Books, 2019) and five other books on writing craft—you will learn: 

• Four key elements of page-turning tension
• Strategies for building character tension
• Essentials of creating plot tension
• How to balance scene elements for maximum tension
• Compelling ways to create sentences that resonate
• How to build powerful images that layer in subtle tension

Who this session is for:

• Novel writers of all genres
• Short story writers
• Memoir writers who want to learn fictional techniques
• Beginning to intermediate writers
• Writers do not need a written draft of a novel in order to attend. Come with an idea!

This workshop lasts for 6 days.

May 1 and 3, 2023, will include video presentations on each day – each lasting 1 hour in length. These videos will be pre-recorded and you can view them when you choose to.

A handout will be provided for you to download during the workshop.

May 6, 2023, at 7 PM ET ( 6 PM CT / 5 PM MT /  4 PM PT) will be a LIVE Presentation via Zoom and will be recorded. This LIVE meeting will have a Q&A at the end. The recording for this will be available by May 8, 2023. Commenting on this workshop will close beginning May 10, 2023.

You will continue to have 30 days to access the workshop recording once commenting is closed, allowing you to visit the workshop, view the recordings, and download the handout. June 10, 2023, is the date this workshop will be archived and no longer accessible.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: JORDAN ROSENFELD

Jordan Rosenfeld is the author of the forthcoming novel Fallout (Running Wild Press) as well as Women in Red and Forged in Grace and six books on the craft of writing, most recently How to Write a Page-Turner, the bestselling Make a Scene, Writing the Intimate Character, A Writer’s Guide to Persistence, Writing Deep Scenes and Write Free. Her freelance articles and essays have been published in hundreds of publications, including The Atlantic, The New York Times, Scientific American, Writer’s Digest Magazine, The Washington Post, and many more. She is also a freelance manuscript editor and ghostwriter.

www.jordanrosenfeld.net