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How to hook your ideal reader…and keep them hooked, scene-after-scene.
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What’s the #1 compliment a reader can give you?
“Your book kept me up all night—I couldn’t put it down!”
No matter what genre you’re writing in, keeping the reader in suspense all the way through your story is how you get that kind of rave review.
But writing page-turners is tricky.
You need to know exactly how to hook your ideal reader…and keep them hooked, scene-after-scene.
How to structure a cliffhanger for maximum impact...
The one thing you must know in order to force the reader to the edge of their seat…
The right way (and the wrong way) to use time-locks to avoid a saggy middle…
Award-winning thriller author Ezra Barany, my husband, thriller writer and teacher, is going to teach you the techniques for adding suspense to your story—no matter what genre you write—in a live training on Wednesday, May 17, 5:30-7pm Pacific.
How to Write Suspense in Any Genre
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
— Learn how the art of subtext can drive the story forward
— Uncover the naked truth about why some chapter formats are boring…and what to do
— Discover the power of putting time-locks in your story to create a compelling page-turner
—The right (and wrong) ways to time your story’s revelations
— 3 ways you might be overusing suspense techniques and 5 signs you need more suspense
— How to use atmosphere, setting, subplots, secondary characters to amp up suspense
— How to build in suspense into your story planning process and while you edit
HOW WE DELIVER THE TRAINING +WHAT YOU'LL GET We’ll be doing the training live via Zoom. Once you register, you'll get the replay delivered with any other goodies including 90-minutes+ of training in video (MP4) and audio (MP3), a PDF containing all the slides, and a transcript of the live training.
BONUS!
We’re offering a bonus for people who register by May 17th: You get a free seat in our special webinar, HOW TO FIND CRITIQUE PARTNERS, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 5:30-7pm PT.
Hope to see you there!
Have a great rest of your week!
All my best, Beth
PS. Some fun interviews coming up:
On story structure to members of the National Association of Memoir Writers, Friday, May 12, 11am PT. More information here. On overcoming writer's block with Stephanie Chandler at the Nonfiction Authors Association, Tuesday, May 17, 10am PT. Details on how to listen in here. If you don't want to join (at the free level), I'll be posting the recording for everyone some time after the broadcast.
I've been interviewed for two upcoming summits that will go live soon: Make Publishing Fun starting May 22nd, and Write Your Story, Heal Your Life, starting May 29th. More details on both of these soon!
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| | ABOUT
Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, helping writers address overwhelm and confusion so that they can write, market, and publish their fiction. And make it fun!
Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students’ life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment. Check out the comprehensive Plan Your Novel course here. Currently $60. Price goes up to $80 on June 1st.
She also writes magical tales of romance and adventure to empower women and girls to jump into life with both feet and be the heroes in their own lives. Check out her Henrietta series here (YA Fantasy) and her Touchstone series here (Fantasy/Paranormal Romance).
Support her mission to empower women and girls with her fiction on Patreon here.
Read her latest book for writers, Twitter for Authors, here.
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
Writer's Fun Zone blog
Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster
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