Description
What ideas/concepts are at the heart of your story? What is it really about?
In this workshop, we will discuss the Big Ideas lurking in your manuscript, beyond plot or character, and work on reinforcing them.
We'll uncover running themes and ideas, and get at the center of your story–the thing that makes your book unique. This is more than a simple look at plot and character development, it's a sophisticated exploration of the deeper themes in your book.
Learning Objectives/Outcomes
Through discussion and exercises, participants will leave with concrete ways to make their book stronger and more resonant.
Who is this for?
Anyone writing a novel for young readers, including chapter books, middle grade, and young adult.
Format
An online presentation on Zoom with hands-on exercises and a Q&A at the end.
Price
$39
Includes access to the live workshop and the recording for 7 days
About the Presenter
Erin Dionne
Erin Dionne writes middle grade novels, picture books, and nonfiction. Her latest novel for tweens is Secrets of a Fangirl (Scholastic 2019). She’s written six other books for young readers. Her most recent picture book is Balletball (Charlesbridge, 2020). Bad Choices Make Good Stories (Table for 7 Press, 2021) marks her first nonfiction collection, and her forthcoming chapter book series Shiver-by-the-Sea (Pixel + Ink) releases in fall 2023. When not writing, she’s a professor at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA or writing adult cozy mysteries under the name Mina Allan.