Another NWG On-line Writing Course

How an On-Line Class Works: Once payment is confirmed, course attendees will be added to an exclusive Yahoo list and receive all lessons and group postings to that list at the internet e-mail address they provide. Two weeks after the concluding date of the class, all names and e-mail addresses will be removed from the NWGWorkshop list.

Course Title:

“Writing with the Anxiety Curve”

by Sally J. Walker

Course Description: 

Living Creatures survive because they respond to threats to their status quo. Human beings have the capacity to reason HOW they need to respond by considering the potential consequences of their choices. Stress causes many degrees of anxiety according to the person's awareness of those consequences. Thus human beings function somewhere on "The Anxiety Curve" with uncaring Apathy at one end and totally thoughtless Panic at the other. Normal humans day-in, day-out swing from one side of the curve to the other, never lingering, always seeking balance that has been disrupted by change. But the magic of good storytelling is that the writer can REALLY disrupt the balance and challenge the character. The responses to that challenge is the story.

Course Dates:

Registration begins April 1 and class begins May 3.

Two lesson postings a week with assignments and discussion.

Course Cost: 

$20 for Guild members, $30 for others

($10 each registration will go to the instructor and balance to the Guild treasury)

Course Outline 

Lesson One: Basic Concepts of Character Anxiety
Lesson Two: Developing Lead Character Anxiety
Lesson Three: Supporting Cast & Subplot Anxiety
Lesson Four: Pacing the Anxiety-Ridden Plot

Lesson Five:  Problem-solving Problem Areas
Lesson Six:  Applying the Anxiety Curve to Your WIP

Lesson Seven:  Q & A  

Lesson Eight: Review & Conclusion

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