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You're trying to write that bestselling book, but your first draft lacks the sparkle you hoped would propel you to literary stardom. Have no fear! We've recruited award-winning novelist Liza Palmer to guide you to polished prose. In this one-day workshop, you'll learn the five most important questions to ask when you start a revision, the answers to which will color every scene of you next draft. Through an informative craft talk and valuable feedback from Liza, you'll explore killing your darlings, connecting edits to the original intention, and using tent poles to build your edits from set piece to set piece. Liza will help you realize the scaffolding of your story through a chapter by chapter breakdown, as well as, test the logic of your beats, so every chapter builds a narrative and each scene begets the next. By the end of the class, you'll walk away revitalized with a new understanding of your book, a solid outline, and set of valuable skills with which to attack your opus. Pulitzer not included.
Instructor: Liza Palmer
Sunday, November 9, 2014
11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. (with lunch break)
Cost: $175
Location: Writing Pad East (688 S Santa Fe Avenue, Apt. 312, Los Angeles, CA 90021)
Note: Class will be limited to 10 students
About Liza Palmer:
Liza Palmer is the internationally bestselling author of six novels, including her first book, "Conversations with the Fat Girl", which has been optioned for series by HBO. "Conversations with the Fat Girl" became an international bestseller its first week in publication, as well as hitting Number 1 on the Fiction Heatseekers List in the UK the week before the book debuted. Her second novel, "Seeing Me Naked", praised by Publisher's Weekly, "consider it haute chick lit; Palmer's prose is sharp, her characters are solid and her narrative is laced with moments of graceful sentiment." Her third novel, "A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents", which Entertainment Weekly calls a "splendid novel" and Real Simple says "has heart and humor" was released in January 2010. More Like Her is Liza's fourth novel. The book received a starred review from Library Journal in which they said, "The blend of humor and sadness is realistic and gripping, and watching Frannie figure out who she is and what matters is gratifying." Liza's fifth novel, Nowhere but Home, received the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction for 2013. Liza's sixth novel, Girl Before a Mirror, will be out January 5, 2015. She also earned two Emmy nominations writing for the first season of VH1's Pop Up Video.
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LocationWriting Pad East
688 S Santa Fe, Apt. 312
Los Angeles, CA 90021
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
| Owner: Writing Pad |
| On BPT Since: Feb 28, 2012 |
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| Marilyn Friedman |
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