Teleclass Replay

November 19, 2009

• Writing Memoir: The Power of Observation

  In class I begin with a discussion of character development and how observation in everyday life can increase your writing ability.
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  Questions Asked During Class

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November 3, 2009

• Write Your Life Stories Teleclass: 11.2.09

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  Questions Asked During Class
  1.You mentioned a dialogue rule; that you shouldn’t say in dialogue something the character’s already know. Can you clarify that? (…)

September 24, 2009

• Discover Conflict in a Scene

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  Questions Asked During Class
  1. I find that when I start using inner reflection I get distracted and the scene starts sounding like a diary. (…)

August 19, 2009

• Creating Conflict in a Scene

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  Questions Asked During Class
  1. I just finished the lesson on using background to create conflict.  If my original setting is somewhat boring, is there a way to spice it up?
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August 11, 2009

• When to Add Inner Dialogue

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  Questions Asked During Class
  1. I’m struggling with inner dialogue, where and when to add it, can you go over this?
  2. How does pacing help your plot?
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July 29, 2009

• Finding Your Voice

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  Questions Asked During Class
  1.You’ve taught us that each chapter should have a beginning, middle and an end. Is that commonly taught by teachers?
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July 22, 2009

• Developing your characters

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  Questions Asked During Class
  1. I’m working on a character that is roughly based on my sister, but I don’t want her to be recognizable in my memoir. (…)

July 16, 2009

• Learn to Write Memoir

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  Questions asked during class
  1. When I read over my writing its missing the same kind of spark I hear in fiction. It still sounds more like a journal, any ideas?
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July 5, 2009

• How to make your book a page turner

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  Questions answered during class
  1. How to make your book a page turner.
  2. Creating real characters without hurting people.
  3. When is it OK to fictionalize? (…)

June 25, 2009

• Schedule time to write

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  Questions Answered During Class
  1. Please go over cause and effect, I’m very confused.
  2. How to schedule time to write.
  3. Do we need to write backstory on every character? (…)

June 22, 2009

• Writing great dialogue

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  Questions answered in the class
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June 11, 2009

• First Teleclass a Success

  Thanks to all those who attended and sent in great questions for our first teleclass.  We have class every Wednesday night at 7pm pacific time. (…)

March 27, 2009

• Welcome to the class blog

  I will answer all questions from my students on this blog so that everyone can benefit from the answer.  You can find the link for asking me a question at the bottom of every video lesson.  I will try to answer questions within 24 hours.  I will also put them in categories by lesson number so you can easily check what others have asked on a particular lesson.