Edit Your Book In a Month
(Also available to purchase in packet form)
Eliza will present tips on editing, most common mistakes made in manuscripts, what editors and judges are looking for and show you how to evaluate the following:
Overused/Weak words
Weak verbs
Use of the 5 Senses
Tightening up those sentences
Hooks - beginning and ending
Point-Of-View
Show vs. Tell
Active vs. Passive
Goals, Motivation, Conflict
Dialogue
Story Development / Plot / Characterization / Setting
Inconsistencies (Ex: heroines eyes are blue in ch. 1 and brown in ch. 2)
With each new item presented, Eliza will show you how to use the information to edit your manuscript. Throughout the workshop participants will be able to post excerpts from their WIP for review and critique by Eliza and fellow classmates.
By the end of Edit Your Book in a Month, your WIP should be clean and ready for submission! The skills learned during this workshop can be used for your future manuscripts as well.
| | 2010 Workshop Schedule |
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| 1/4 - 1/31 | Celtic Hearts Romance Writers www.celtichearts.org |
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| 4/1 - 4/30 | Eliza Knight's Workshops see instructions below |
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| 9/1- 9/30 | Hearts Through History www.heartsthroughhistory.com |
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| 12/1 - 12/31 | Eliza Knight's Workshops see instructions below |
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The cost of this workshop is $15. Paypal buy link is located below.
To register to take the class with Eliza Knight's Workshop Group, which will be conducted via a private yahoo group, please email your name, the title of the workshop and your email address to writer@elizaknight.com. I will send you confirmation of your registration and payment once received.
To purchase the workshop as a packet, click the paypal link below. Once payment is received the packet will be forwarded as an attachment to the email provided.