Pat Hauldren

Everybody loves your story, right? Well, at least Mom and Dad did, Uncle Rufus and Aunt Annie loved it, but your best friend has been avoiding your calls, and then your husband moved in with your mother. Now what?

It’s time to step up to the big time—getting critiqued and giving critiques as a professional writer.

In this class, we’ll look at the attendees’ manuscripts/WIPS, learning how to analyze a story on different levels. WIPs are expected to be shared with the class for discussion.

upcoming classes:

Aug 24-28 SavvyAuthors.com mini-workshop series register here

Class outline

• Intro
• What’s your theme that you didn’t know you had?
• What’s your tagline or pitch and why do you need one?
• What’s your first paragraph and does it ever end?
• What’s your last paragraph or was that your obituary?
• What is a Page Turner and does she wear lingerie?
• What is character arc and do I need a protractor?
• What is plot besides a four letter word?
• What is a 3 act structure and who cares about Aristotle anyway?
• What is the Hero’s Journey and why do I care?
• What is a TurkeyCityLexicon and does it bite?
• What is a line/copyedit and where is my iron?
• Q&A