Online, in May: I'll be teaching an online workshop on
Advanced Plotting: Keep Those Pages Turning.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Many books and workshops teach the
basics of plotting: conflict, complications, and climax. Now learn advanced
techniques that will make a decent plot dynamic. Start with a “grab you by the
throat” opening to pull readers into the story. Learn how to pack the plot full
by complicating your complications. Control your pacing through sentence and
paragraph length. And finally, cliffhanger chapter endings ensure late-night
reading under the covers. Learn techniques to make any story or book better.
Novelists will benefit from these insights, whether they are just starting out
or have years of experience.
COST: $125, which
includes weekly assignments and individual feedback from the instructor. This
class will be conducted through a Discussion Board, with the opportunity for
students to ask questions and post homework samples.
BUY
NOW: Advanced Plotting with Chris Eboch (4 weeks, starting 5/4/2016) Limit:
15 students. Early registration is recommended.
New York, in June: I'll present three workshops at the 21st
Century Children's Nonfiction Conference. The conference is June 10-12 at Iona
College in New Rochelle, NY. To learn more about the conference, visit the website.
My programs are:
Children's Nonfiction 101: Friday Intensives (an optional
extra three-hour intensive): If you are new to children’s nonfiction
publishing, or want a refresher about the current terminology, markets, and
acquisition process, this intensive will be invaluable. Presented with Caryn
Wiseman (Andrea Brown Literary Agency) and Michelle Bisson (Capstone).
Show Me the Money: What can an author earn? Learn how
writers are making a living, through original book projects, work for hire
books, magazines, test passages and more. Explore how to reach some of the less
obvious markets, and discuss the attitude changes that need to happen to turn
writing into a business.
How to Find NF Work: Where can you look? How do you follow
up leads? Learn where and how best to connect with publishers, book packagers,
and digital developers at conferences, book fairs, and exhibitions. Presented
with author Jennifer Swanson
August, in North Carolina: I'll present two workshops at the
Writers Who Run Retreat, August 3-6 in Fontana Dam, NC. You'll enjoy three full
days packed with a morning 2-mile trail run (optional), breakfast, two 2-hour
intensive workshops focused on craft and the business of writing, lunch, roundtable
critique groups, free writing time, dinner, and a fun social event each
evening. Learn more at the website.
My programs are:
Plotting Techniques: Are you struggling to plot your novel,
or do you have a plot that isn't
working? Chris will help you learn how to plot like a pro.
Revisions that Sing: Revising and editing looks easy when
Chris shows you how. Learn lots of tips and tricks to help tighten your
manuscripts
If you wind up at any of these events, please be sure to say
hi!
Chris Eboch is the author of almost 50 published books. Her writing
craft books include Advanced Plotting
and You Can Write for Children: How to
Write Great Stories, Articles, and Books for Kids and Teenagers. She has
sold over 60 writing articles to Writers
Digest, Children’s Writer, and
the annual Writer’s Guides.
Chris’s novels for ages nine and up include The Eyes of Pharaoh, a mystery in
ancient Egypt; The Well of Sacrifice,
a Mayan adventure; The Genie’s Gift,
a middle eastern fantasy; and the Haunted series. Her recent nonfiction titles,
published under the name M. M. Eboch, include World War I Battlefield Medicine, Native American Code Talkers, A
History of Film, and Chaco Canyon.
Learn more at www.chriseboch.com or her Amazon page.
Chris also writes for adults under the name Kris Bock. Kris
Bock writes action-packed romantic suspense involving outdoor adventures and
Southwestern landscapes. Read excerpts at www.krisbock.com
or visit her Amazon
page.
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