Join the Almonte Writers Guild in November for the next in the Writing Craft Book Club series
**This is an online event. The link will be provided via the Facebook event a few days prior!**
About the Book: How to Write a Page Turner by Jordan Rosenfield
Tension is the heart of conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing and characters on their toes. When you've got tension in place, stories leave readers breathless and wanting more. When it's missing, scenes feel inconsequential, plots drag, and characters meander.
Learning the craft of writing can sometimes feel like a paint by numbers approach--connect compelling character A to plot event B. To avoid writing that's formulaic, predictable, and slow, How to Write a Page Turner will help you sew the threads of tension tight for an unforgettable story. You'll learn how to:
• Recognize the essential tension elements of danger, conflict, uncertainty, and withholding, and add them to your fiction
• Create levels of tension in your characters through flaws, dialogue, power struggles, and more
• Build tension at energetic markers throughout the plot
• Use intimate imagery, strong sentences, and well-chosen words to build tension in exposition
While this book walks you through the key areas that need tension building, from character to plot, it also delves deeper, analyzing exceptional examples from contemporary fiction's most gripping page-turners. So as you dive into the inner conflicts of a character's deepest psyche, to the mechanics of how you reveal information to the reader, you'll also discover how to craft a story your readers can't put down!
About the Book Club:
The Writing Craft Book Club focuses on the craft of writing through books written by and for those in the industry. All books will be relevant to our vocation, but please seek out appropriate trigger and content warnings should they apply to you. While reading the book is not necessary for attendance, it will greatly increase your enjoyment of this discussion.
How to Write a Page Turner can be purchased from Mill Street Books, or wherever you buy your books! https://millstreetbooks.com/item/w2_yEaBZraGRT866CF9maw
If you are unable to get a copy of the book for any reason at all, please reach out. Almonte Writers Guild will do everything in their power to get you a copy so that you may participate.
Presented by the Almonte Writers Guild