OCCRWA Proudly Presents: 
February 11 – March 10, 2013
Plot Fixer: Fixing Your Story Problems
with Kara Lennox
About the Class:
Do you create wonderful, three-dimensional characters who then stumble around blindly in your book, trying to find a story? As a frequent critiquer, contest judge, and the recipient of many, many rejection and revision letters over the years, Kara Lennox has witnessed and personally experienced just about every way your plot can veer into a ditch.
In this workshop she’ll cover the fifteen most common problems, how to spot them and how to fix them. Some common problems covered include :
- A premise that isn’t compelling enough (includes discussion of “high concept”)
- the cute meet that goes nowhere
- starting in the wrong place
- lack of clear-cut goals for your characters
- weak conflict
- too many conflicts
- stakes are too low
- the plot moves too slowly
- the dreaded saggy middle
- plot moves too fast;
- plot is too predictable
- episodic plots
- plots that rely on convenience, coincidence and contrivance
- the drama doesn’t build
- loss of focus
- weak black moment
- unsatisfying ending
The workshop includes illustrative examples from well-known movies, books, the author’s own supply of failed plots, and samples made up just for this workshop. If time permits, the author will take questions and make suggestions for solving plot problems on the spot.
About the Instructor:
Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo, is the award- winning, bestselling author of more than sixty novels of romance and romantic suspense for Harlequin and Bantam/ Random House. Currently she is working on the next installment of her romantic suspense series, Project Justice, published by Harlequin Superromance. Also, several of her classic Bantam Loveswept novels (writing as Karen Leabo) have been re-released in e-book form by Random House, with more scheduled for next year.Enrollment Information
This is a 4-week online course that uses email and Yahoo Groups. The class is open to anyone wishing to participate. The cost is $30.00 per person or, if you are a member of OCCRWA, $20.00 per person.
For more information on enrollment, please follow the link.
Author Details
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A Slice of Orange started in 2004 as a group of authors from Orange County, California. We have expanded to include authors from around the globe–from the UK, all across the US to New Zealand. Our authors include the multi-published and writers at the beginning of their publishing career. In addition to authors, we feature blog posts from editors, PR professionals, and cover designers.
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