Here are a few questions to ask about your current project:
· What brings your characters to life for the reader?
· What bonds them to your characters?
· In short, what moves the reader's heart?
Your plot must be interesting, to be sure, but what makes all the difference to
the reader, whether in a novel, a film or a play, is the inner journey of the
characters. A story's plot generates excitement and interest for the
reader, but it is conflict within the hero that keeps the reader involved.
For many writers, this can be the most difficult part of writing a long-form
story but it lays at the very heart of what bonds your reader to you –what
makes real fans out of the most casual reader.
It is this real problem that I've seen writers of all experience level that
I've created Mastering the Inner Journey,
a step-by-step process of crafting a compelling hero, with very human desires
and the dynamic courage to face the internal change that lies at the heart of
all award-winning stories.
In this new series, I will show you:
· How your hero's personal history is the key to exciting
prose
· What brings out the truth in your story
· How to advance and develop the hero's arc through each phase
of the story
· How to connect to your reader through your own passion
· Where the Outer Journey and Inner Journey diverge in every
story – and how each is incomplete without the other
· The difference between conflict, turmoil, and drama
· How secrets, surprises, and mistakes are the keys to a great
character
· How to easily turn your character's flaws into conflict
· Finally understanding not just the nature of your hero wants
– but of their NEEDS
· Why the Inner Journey is essential to a book or film SERIES
– and how to keep your hero fresh and compelling through it all
The series comes with a workbook of more than fifty questions and exercises
that will lead you toward really understanding your hero and what they need to
accomplish in your story to make the reader turning the pages. By answering the
questions, and doing the brief exercises, you will create a compelling and very
HUMAN hero - and build a story that will grab the reader and never let them go.
This course is designed for:
· The aspiring writer who wants to understand
what really makes a hero tick – and to get that clear down on the page.
· The working writer who is seeing his/her
stories not reaching the readers the way that they should
· The accomplished writer who wants to write
at a higher level and for a bigger audience.
This is a lesson in ESSENTIAL STORYTELLING and will inform and improve all
writers – for the page, stage, AND screen. I have taught this
technique to novelist, screenwriters, comic book creators and playwrights
The 5-part audio/workbook series launches on September 1st and will go on sale
to the public for $197. As a present or former student, you can
per-enroll in the seminar for just $97 (half-price) if you sign up before September 5th
To order, you can just send $97 to PayPal (to account: aholcomb07@gmail.com)
Don't you owe it to yourself to put your best foot forward, to learn the skills
of the professionals now and to give yourself the best single chance you'll
have to find the success in writing that you have longed for?
This course will only be offered once this year. Come and join us
for what promises to be a unique trip to success.
I hope to see you there.
Art
