Passionate Ink – Some Like it Hot

Tension and suspense are among the most important elements of compelling, readable fiction that grabs your reader and compels her to turn the page–regardless of your genre. In this detailed exploration into these concepts, learn why a lack of tension and suspense may be what’s keeping you from that contract or bestseller list, or costing you reader investment; how to identify where your manuscript may let them lag; how to instill both into every single scene and page; what “lizard-brain writing” is and how to use it to amp up tension and raise stakes, develop character, and further plot; and more. Filled with practical examples, this workshop will supercharge your writing and set your stories apart from the pack.

Self-help gurus and life coaches will tell you to think positively and success will fall into your lap. But if that worked, would they still have jobs? If thinking positively hasn’t gotten you on any best-seller lists, maybe it’s time to try something new. In this hands-on, interactive workshop, multi-published hybrid author and experienced self-re-inventor Jeanette Grey will challenge you to probe your darkest depths for the sources of your disappointments and resentments in your writing career. Then, we’ll tackle those issues head-on, discussing the fallacies that keep people barking up the wrong trees, and strategizing how to both harness and silence the Debbie Downers that live in all of our heads. Participants will leave armed with new areas for improvement, refreshed serenity to accept what they cannot change, as well as actionable, concrete goals for how to make progress and find more joy in their careers—and their lives.