You want to write a book. How do you start? We'll cover central questions, story arc, subplots, POV, openings & endings, chapters, etc.
How 10 Tips to Writing a Page-Turner Will Help You
You have an idea for a novel, memoir, short story, or non-fiction book, but is that enough to start writing? You’ll save time and frustration if you do the right kind of EARLY THINKING.
What is the Central Question your book will answer? A vague Central Question won’t keep your story on track. What combination of character and plot can answer that question? How do you work out the plot? What’s a story arc? Do you need more complications? More subplots? Is the story TOO complicated? Will it keep readers turning the pages?
Writer & Writing Coach Myra Levine will explain he rTOP 10 TIPS on the subject.
What You’ll Do in the Workshop
• Complete writing prompts
• Discuss examples of Central Questions
• See how plot & story arc are handled in memoir and fiction
• Learn how Plot and Character interact
Who Should Attend?
• Writers who want to write a great novel, memoir, short story, even non-fiction.
• Anybody struggling with a current writing project.
• “Planners” who develop full outlines before they write
• “Pantsers” who make it up as they go along.
• Experienced writers who know there’s always more to learn.
• New writers who wonder if they can do this!
BONUS OFFER: There will be too many participants to share our writing, but you can email your prompts to Myra for personal (FREE) feedback.
About Myra
Myra Levine is on a mission: to make sure nobody dies with their story still inside them. She shows writers how to turn their lives, experiences, and areas of expertise into memoirs and novels. She teaches writing techniques not taught in school, avoids literary jargon, and explains concepts in simple, clear English. And her classes are FUN. Writing isn’t about knowing where to put the commas; it’s about capturing a moment and bringing it to life.
As a writing coach, Myra challenges her clients to master the tools of fiction. Understanding point of view, dialog, setting, and character development will bring your fiction to a higher level AND will help you write an unforgettable memoir. The germ of an idea can become a great story, or a dozen great stories, or a terrific novel—and a coach can cut years of frustration from the job of writing a great book.
Before turning to fiction and publishing two novels, Myra spent decades writing television and radio scripts, instructional videos, and corporate marketing programs. She won many local and regional advertising awards before leaving corporate life to become a wife and mother of two adopted kids. Stay-at-home-motherhood in the suburbs of Indianapolis rekindled her ambition to write fiction and gave her LOTS to write about. She is working on a memoir and a third novel.
“If you turn the truth into fiction, you’re less likely to get sued.”
—Myra Levine
Myra’s live Zoom seminars attract writers from all over the world.
Written under the name M.E. Levine, Myra’s novels, Revenge of the Soccer Moms and The Dead Mothers’ Club, are available on Amazon.com (print & e-book) and Audible.com (audiobook).