Patti Fischer 0 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 --------PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED---------- Elements of RWA Online Workshops http://www.elementsofrwa.com/workshops.html A writer can be trapped by their own sensory preferences or they can use it to create unique characters and believable conflict. March 7 - 25, 2011 Power of the Senses: Enhancing Author's Voice, Characterization, and Conflict by Bill Haggart REGISTRATION ENDS March 2nd Non-members $20; Elements Members $12 To register for this workshop, click here. Description: Each of us have our own unique way of learning, and part of that style involves which senses we favor in experiencing the world—even how we write and how we love. Everyone prefers one sense over the other four: Kinesthetic, Tactual, Auditory, and Visual. Those preferences shape a writer’s voice, brand, writing processes as well as the characters they create. How their novel's conflict and romance develops depends on how their characters learn. In this interactive workshop, Participants will: 1. Identify their own sensory preferences with a short profile, discovering how sensory preferences affect their behavior. This includes their own writing processes. 2. Explore how sensory preferences influence a writer’s voice and Brand. As romance writer Virginia Kendra observes: “This is part of author voice. Our choices of significant, specific details awaken our readers to what it is we see” —or hear, feel or do. Our choices depend in part on our preferences. We will examine the writing of well-know authors to illustrate this aspect of the author's voice, as well as developing your unique brand. 3. Examine how sensory preferences can help a writer decide how to use the senses, actually deepening a character's POV. Julia Ross observed, “Even when a scene is deeply emotional and full of sensory input, it’s often more powerful to limit the character’s awareness to just one or two senses at a time.” Sensory Preferences reveals these sense choices naturally, enhancing characterization. Participants will practice creating distinctive characters and deep POVs with learning styles. 4. Learn how to differentiate Author Voice from the characters' POV. This includes all aspects of their novel, from first meet, attraction and learning to love, conflict, sexual desire and satisfaction, as well as how conflict is resolved. 5. Explore how sensory preferences can enhance believable conflict. Any conflict begins with the senses. Examples will demonstrate what readers know intuitively—the simplest things count. Including learning preferences can make conflicts between characters far more real and dynamic. Throughout the course, activities will be provided for writers to practice with the methods offered, including feedback from the instructor. Bio: Bill Haggart has been an educator for over thirty years. He has been a teacher, an educational trainer, consultant and executive with a national training company. He now heads up his own consulting business, Insights & Innovations. He has presented to over 180,000 educators nationwide and worked with over 400 schools and organizations. He is the creator of the Kaleidoscope Profiles, a popular learning styles inventory. He is also the author of several educational books and articles. He has been a member of RWA since 1998, as well as a terrific local group, the Sacramento Valley Rose. He has won and placed in nearly a dozen contests such as 'The Molly' and 'Suzannah' and "The Merritt" with both his contemporary, time- travel and Regency novels. A member of the Beau Monde since 2000, Bill presented at their conference in New York in 2002 and 2006. This workshop, “The Power of the Senses; Enhancing Author's Voice, Characterization, and Conflict” has been well-received by several writing groups, including The Sacramento Valley Rose. A history major, he particularly loves the Napoleonic war period and the Regency. He began reading historical romances decades ago, and finally decided to write them, after being encouraged by Joy, his partner and heroine for the last thirty-eight years. She is also a fantastic teacher. Bill has two terrific sons, Sean and Cory. Sean is an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories in Pasadena, CA. The Mars Rovers have parts created by him. Cory is a marketing and public relations consultant in Ottawa, Canada. He critiques all of his father’s manuscripts. They both are models for my heroes. The real homeowners, an Australian Shepard mix named Nikki and a feline, Kitty, also are inspirations for characters in his books. Link to post Share on other sites
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