January 9-20, 2012
MASTER CLASS: Active Settings
(Class Full)
by Mary Buckham
Prerequisite: Must have a manuscript that you are actively working on.
Readers usually remember the plot and characters of a story, but setting s every bit as important in creating a memorable world. In this two-week class, Mary Buckham shows how to give your setting an active role in your story. Use Deep POV to spin boring descriptions into engaging prose. Find out if you're writing passive - or active setting and if you are maximizing the setting possibilities in YOUR story. You'll learn:
How does setting impact your story?
What is the difference between active and passive setting?
How can setting show conflict or emotion?
How can setting show characterization?
How can setting impact your conflict...both internal and external?
What does a reader need and not need from a setting?
Mary Buckham is co-author of BREAK INTO FICTION: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells and an award-winning Romantic Suspense author. She has hundreds of free-lance articles to her credit, a non-fiction book and is a former Magazine Editor. Currently she presents writing workshops online and around the country. Mary encourages you to visit her website at www.MaryBuckham.com for more information about her and her current writing projects.
To register for the Master Class: "Active Settings," click HERE.