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CAUSE & EFFECT SEQUENCES with Catherine E. McLean: Online Course
INSTRUCTOR: Catherine E. McLean
DATE: February 1 – March 9,
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Interesting stories that grab a reader's attention and keep them turning pages don't happen by accident. They employ the techniques and devices of Cause & Effect Sequences. This intensive course will teach you how to use Cause & Effect Sequences to:
* add or enhance urgency, suspense, and drama to scenes and plots
* enhance the flow of the story
* validate motivations for character's behavior, thinking, reactions, and decisions
* seamlessly enter or depart flashbacks or remembrances
* insure the reader can suspend disbelief
* produce cleaner, more marketable copy by recognizing "red flag" words that often indicate skewed cause-effects
SPECIAL NOTE: Participants are to submit the first 500 words from the opening of
one of their stories. Excerpts will be privately critiqued by the instructor for use of
Cause & Effect Sequences, however, with permission, some may be used as examples
for the group. There will be weekly assignments that need to be turned in.
NOTE: This course is not for beginners but intermediate writers who are very familiar
with story structure, writing and story terms, and who have completed and have been
marketing short stories or a novels.
FREE with this course: "Bloopers & Blunders"--a list of 46 common mistakes made writing fiction.
TESTIMONIALS:
“Catherine is the person to call if you want a professional read. Her attention to detail is excellent. I have also attended many of Catherine's workshops. They are informative, fun and always knowledgeable on the basics of writing.”
- N.S., Cincinnati, OH
"She knows the mechanics of writing and the structure of story inside and out." - J.E., Pittsburgh, PA
Pennwriters Online Courses…“Building Careers, One Course At A Time”. We have high satisfaction scores and repeat customer rates—read more of our Testimonials!
Discover how to transform your story into an attention getting page-turner, and receive a critique of the first 500 words of your story. LIMITED CLASS SIZE. Enroll now.
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Catherine McLean is a published author and longtime Pennwriters member who has given more than 30 workshops and has had two dozen articles published on the devices and techniques of writing fiction. For more information, visit her Web site at www.WritersCheatSheets.com
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