Get advice on selling your novel from industry experts in this exclusive 8 seat, round-table style panel.
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Learn everything you need to know about selling your novel in this 8-seat, round-table style panel. Our industry experts will help guide you in your quest to see your work in print. It's a personal panel experience that you just can't get in a room with 200 other people!
Examine how, when, and where to begin your story in this exclusive 8 seat, round-table style panel.
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You know what story you want to tell, but where do you start? At the birth of your hero? At the moment she realizes her purpose? Learn everything you need to know about starting your story right in this 8-seat, round-table style panel. It's a personal panel experience that you just can't get in a room with 200 other people!
What's Your Game Plan?: Turning Teacher Lessons into Games
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Teachers are broken up into design teams who enhance a traditional lesson with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. Led by a professor from the City University of New York (CUNY).
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What does the lesson “Finding Citations,” the game “Trivial Pursuit,” and the mechanic “Bluffing” all have in common? In this bootcamp brainstorm facilitated by a professor from the City University of New York (CUNY), attendees are broken up into design teams whose job it is to enhance a traditional lesson with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. Whether you have to teach the rules of citation or the rule of conservation, there is usually a game plan that can help. This session provides a fun introduction to the principles of game-based learning and how to integrate them into your teaching. It also shows you that anyone who has designed a curriculum can also design a game!
What's Your Game Plan?: Turning Teacher Lessons into Games
Summary:
Teachers are broken up into design teams who enhance a traditional lesson with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. Led by a professor from the City University of New York (CUNY).
Description:
What does the lesson “Finding Citations,” the game “Trivial Pursuit,” and the mechanic “Bluffing” all have in common? In this bootcamp brainstorm facilitated by a professor from the City University of New York (CUNY), attendees are broken up into design teams whose job it is to enhance a traditional lesson with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. Whether you have to teach the rules of citation or the rule of conservation, there is usually a game plan that can help. This session provides a fun introduction to the principles of game-based learning and how to integrate them into your teaching. It also shows you that anyone who has designed a curriculum can also design a game!
Write on a topic and have the results critiqued by pros. A unique experience. Seats are limited!
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In this limited seating event, attendees are given a short period of time to write on a topic provided by the panelists. At the end of this period, each attendee reads what they wrote and the panelists provide feedback. It's a fantastic opportunity to get direct feedback on your work and to learn by hearing the comments offered to others.
In-depth seminar: master plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts to plotting to breaking writer's block.
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Plotting is one of the more difficult disciplines to master in writing. Some writers have an innate sense of what makes a story work, but most writers, particularly those early in their apprenticeships, will benefit from plotting. This seminar focuses on various plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts, initial plotting and eventual refinement, how to break the dreaded writer's block and how to avoid it in the first place.
In-depth seminar: discuss types of tension, as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page.
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Tension is one of the basic building blocks of modern day fiction. If you know how to lay the seeds of tension, and how to coax them, you can transform your fiction from merely noteworthy to exceptional. In this seminar, the different types of tension are discussed, as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page.
In-depth seminar: learn everything you need to know about structuring scenes to create compelling stories.
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Well structured scenes make for compelling story telling. How can you construct powerful scenes for a novel or short story? And how do you string scenes together to create a vivid and stirring piece of writing? Learn everything you need to know about the art of structuring scenes.
New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole gives you a look at the digital revolution and explains how you can develop your career.
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New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole—the first author to offer fiction on the iPhone/iPod Touch through Apple's Appstore—gives you an up to date look at the digital revolution and explains how you can profit and develop your career. Mike's watched his Internet income from writing steadily increase as readers become more comfortable with reading on a device. If you intend to have a career in writing, this scouting report and practical action plan for the future is a must.
New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole looks at the common problems that plague beginning writers and their novel projects.
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New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole looks at the most common problems and missed opportunities that plague beginning writers and their novels projects. With quick, clear and concise examples, he helps you locate potential problems and work around them, so your novel won’t sputter and grind to a halt, but will be vibrant and exciting—just the sort of things readers salivate about.