Class Flash ~ 1st Quarter Class Schedule From Laurie Schnebly Campbell!

online: HIS PERSONALITY LADDER

(Jan. 6-17, 2020)

heartsthroughhistory.com/workshops/his-personality-ladder/

    Track your hero’s arc through the seven core steps he’ll need to climb during his journey from a not-yet-heroic character to one who’s fully earned his victory by the end. Of course, the heroine has her OWN ladder to climb, often in parallel stages...until the finale, when they reach their ultimate triumph. (There’s even a ladder for the villain, although he seldom makes it to the top.)

online: PROMOTION FOR YOUR PERSONALITY

(Feb. 4-15, 2020)

sinc-guppies.org (Sisters In Crime membership required)

   There are so many ways for writers to promote their books, nobody should have to do something that feels uncomfortable for the kind of person they are. Looking at the five birth-order positions, three subtypes, and nine personality types shows which style best reflects you -- AND which kinds of promotion will come more naturally, so you won’t have to dread all the activity that comes with releasing a new title or building a brand.

online: PLOTTING VIA MOTIVATION

(March 2-27)

writeruniv.wordpress.com/classes

    Here’s what writers have said about the course in previous years: “I never thought I could plot my entire book from start to finish, but here it is. This is AWESOME.” / “This month has truly changed the way I think about writing. I wish I’d taken Plotting Via Motivation before giving up on my earlier novels.” / “Now that I look back in the notebook where I wrote all my homework, I realize I’ve got my book right here!”

online: FROM PLOT TO FINISH

(April 6-17)

writeruniv.wordpress.com/classes

    For anyone who’s taken Plotting Via Motivation online or in person at some point, this group gets you plotting a brand new or already-begun book (using your completed 14-point worksheet) from start to finish. No need to prepare a new story idea, character bios, goal charts or anything else, because you’ll see how to plot an entire book -- and actually have it ready to type -- by the end of this hands-on workshop.

Laurie's  Bio:
Laurie Schnebly Campbell published half a dozen romances with Harlequin, including one that beat out Nora Roberts for “Best Special Edition of the Year,” before discovering the only thing she loves more than writing is working with other writers. So she started giving workshops every month, online and in-person, and now has a special area on her bookshelf full of books with acknowledgments from authors who’ve loved her classes.

Class Flash ~ 2nd Quarter Class Schedule From Laurie Schnebly Campbell!

online: FROM PLOT TO FINISH
(April 8-19)
writeruniv.wordpress. com/classes
            For anyone who’s taken Plotting Via Motivation online or in person at some point, this group gets you plotting a brand new or already-begun book (using your completed 14-point worksheet) from start to finish. No need to prepare a new story idea, character bios, goal charts or anything else, because you’ll see how to plot an entire book -- and actually have it ready to type -- by the end of this hands-on workshop.

live in Tucson: YOUR PLOT / CHARACTER / STORY BRAID
(April 27, 11-2) tucsonrwa.org/
             Weave your story's strands to surprise & satisfy genre readers.

 live in Toronto: From MOTIVATION to PLOT to OUTLINE (& BEYOND)
(May 11, 9-4) torontoromancewriters.com/using-motivation-to-plot-your-next-book/
            Bring some random fragment for a story idea you can use to see how the process works, and take home an outline. Don’t think of this as a “fix” for your current work, but rather as a tool for when you begin your next…and the next… and the next…. And if you need to finish revising your current work before starting the next, don’t miss the finale on turning Revision Hell into Heaven!

online: TECHNIQUES FOR SHAPING CHARACTERS
(May 13-24) heartsthroughhistory. com
            Tools for determining naturally lovable (and intriguingly flawed) characters include Adlerian birth order, Jungian thought/feeling scales, the Dewey priorities, and other theories of temperament. Learn which ones will offer the best opportunities for conflict between your realistic hero & heroine...whose “inborn” personalities will both oppose and attract.

live in Phoenix: YOUR HERO’S FATAL FLAW
(May 28, 7:30-8:30) desertroserwa.org/
            Which wonderfully heroic trait makes him Mr. Not-Yet-Perfect?

blog: GRAB ‘EM, KEEP ‘EM, BRING ‘EM BACK
(May 31) writersinthestormblog. com
            Sure, you’ve got to start strong. But that’s not necessarily enough.

online: BOFFO BEGINNINGS & FAB FINALES
(June 10-21) writeruniv.wordpress.com/classes
            How can you make sure your book will draw readers in from the very first paragraph, through the next several pages, continuing into further chapters until they realize they’ve been reading so fast and so deep they can’t put this story down? How can you leave them, after reaching The End, so wonderfully satisfied with the book they just finished that they’re already vowing to read whatever else you’ve written and are going to write next? That’s what this class is about.

live in San Diego: BRAIDING YOUR STORY
(June 15, 10:30am) rwasd.com/meetings
            Same as the April's two-hour workshop, but this one will be a half-hour longer! 

Laurie's  Bio:

Laurie Schnebly Campbell published half a dozen romances with Harlequin, including one that beat out Nora Roberts for “Best Special Edition of the Year,” before discovering the only thing she loves more than writing is working with other writers. So she started giving workshops every month, online and in person, and now has a special area on her bookshelf full of books with acknowledgments from authors who’ve loved her classes.