Book Therapy topics 2008!

Embark with us on the Heroes Journey!  We’ll be studying the structure of an Epic Novel, taking it apart step by step to uncover the secrets of a best-selling novel! 

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Here’s a syllabus of the pit stops we’ll be making along the way: 

The Writer’s World and Discipline

Premise

3 Steps to a great hero

3 Steps to a great heroine

Using the GREATEST devices: Great Fear/Greatest Dream

Competing Values

StoryWorld

Inciting Incident

Hook

Building a Scene

Stakes

Goals

Backstory

Secondary Characters

Dialogue

POV

Inner Monologue

Writing Tension in a Scene

Weaving in Spiritual Threads

Romance – Love me Tender

Villains

Writing Suspense – Structure

Emotional Layering

Subplots – how they affect the heroes world and create new stakes

Writing Character change without overwriting

Writing High Action scenes

The Black Moment

Epiphany

New Story World

Using Metaphor and Symbolism/Theme

Editing Techniques

Synopsis writing

Agents Spotlight

Publishers Spotlight