Teachers & Classes

James Scott Bell

• Why Your Plot Stakes Must Be Death
• Three Pillars of Perfect Structure
• Page Turning Techniques of the Pros
• Scene Building Through Fear
• Essentials of Great Dialogue
• How to Build an E-book Career

Laura Christianson

• Market Your Writing Online Without Annoying Your Readers (2 parts)
• Conquering the Facebook Monster (2 parts)
• How to Find Fans and Turn Them Into Avid Brand Evangelists
• Promote Your Writing on Pinterest

Brandilyn Collins

• Creating Immediate Character Empathy
• Elements of Strong Suspense; Four Ds of Plot Structure
• Coloring Passions; Subtexting in Dialogue
• Sentence Structure

Dennis E. Hensley

• Writing and Selling Devotional Books
• Preparing Nonfiction Book Proposals and Pitches
• Turning Your Testimony Into a Marketable Book
• 12 Ways Acquisitions Editors Evaluate Manuscripts
• 18 Rules for Contemporary Writings
• Conducting and Writing Interviews

Bob Hostetler

• Create a Winning One-Sheet
• Hooks That Won’t Let Go
• Title Me This
• All the Wrong Moves
• Ten Exercises to Improve Your Craft
• Put Your Best Foot Forward

Angela Hunt

• Using Scrivener to Assemble Your Story
• Plotting with the Plot Skeleton
• Characterization & Personalities
• Self-Editing Your Story
• Maintaining Tension on Every Page
• Evoking Emotion in Your Story

Julie-Allyson Ieron

• Grabbing and Holding a Publisher’s Attention
• Crafting Reader-Centered Content
• Raising a Stable of Quotable Sources
• Fiction Techniques for Nonfiction
• Writer’s Inner Life: Probing the Word
• Becoming a Sparkling Interview Guest

Randy Ingermanson

• Premise and Three-Act Structure
• Platform: The Four Channels of Communication to Your Tribe
• The Web Site: The Foundation of Your Platform
• The Purpose of Blogging and How to Do It
• How to Use Social Media Without Killing Yourself
• How to Launch a Book

Jerry B. Jenkins & Andy Scheer

• Thick-Skinned Manuscript Clinic

Julie Neils

• Taking Your Pitch to the Press (2 parts)
• How to Prepare for a Media Interview ( 2 parts)
• Five Things Every Author Should Know about Dealing with the Media
• Author Branding

Karen O’Connor