Chapter: VFRW Working Lunch Workshop with Lisa Cron

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Wired for Story: How to Become a Story Genius - Lisa Cron

October 5 - 9:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. Working Lunch Workshop - Open to writers of all genres!

Every writer wants two things: to tell a story that hooks readers and never lets them go, and to find a way to accomplish that without going through the long slog of endlessly writing draft after draft. This workshop will give you actionable ways to meet both goals. Instead of rooting around in your & “plot” for the story, you’ll unearth the key elements specific to your story that will then create the plot, bring it to life, drive it forward, and give it meaning. These elements have little to do with the surface events or “writing well” and everything to do with what we’re hardwired to respond to in every story we read (turns out the brain is far less picky about lyrical language than we’ve been lead to believe). You’ll be able to zero in on what your story is actually about before you write word one, or if you’re in the midst of your umpteenth rewrite, before you write another word. You'll not only produce a more powerful novel, chances are you'll drastically reduce your rewrite time.

This is a full-day, bring-your-own-lunch workshop.

Biography

Lisa Cron is the author of Wired for Story and Story Genius. Her TEDx talk, Wired for Story, opened Furman University’s 2014 TEDx conference, Stories: The Common Thread of Our Humanity. Her video workshop Wired for Story: How to Become a Story Genius can be found at CreativeLive.com. Lisa has worked in publishing at W.W. Norton, as an agent at the Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency, as a producer on shows for Showtime and Court TV, and as a story consultant for Warner Brothers and the William Morris Agency. Since 2006, she’s been an instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, and she is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts MFA program in Visual Narrative in New York City. In her work as a private story coach, Lisa helps writers of all ilk wrangle the story they’re telling onto the page. For a library of her free myth-busting writing tips, and information on how to work with her one-on-one, you can find her at: http://wiredforstory.com/

Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA 19422 – Room TBD.

Registrants will receive an email prior to the event with the exact building/room location and directions on how to find same.

Pre-Registration strongly encouraged, but event entry can be purchased at the door, for the full $55 price, regardless of RWA member status.

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When
10/5/2019 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA 19422 UNITED STATES

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