"Thank you so much - you are a wonderful instructor, you should know this as many times as you've heard it. As a very old teacher I love your touch with people." ~ Helen

This page is for all the students in the AM Craft Class at The Attic. We are in the midst of taking registration and are nearly full!  We begin on Sept. 17th at 10:30 a.m. Get your spot OR get on the wait list.  If you are already signed up, get a jump by checking out the schedule (under constructions) and the recommended reading.  Virtual Option, click here.

Class Detail:  Writers pre-create and share a two page essay with a beginning/middle and end to hone your craft skills weekly.  3 to 4 writers will also workshop 5 pages each week and that schedule will be posted by Sept. 10.  Last, each class has a craft teaching including an essay you will pre-read to discuss. 

My goal, in this class, is to teach you all I know about crafting fine scenes via the incorporation of dialogue, sensory details, character development and forward momentum of action.  It is also my intention to give you basic information about plot, structure and character, from a readers view point, so you can better shape your ideas to read the reader.


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Required Text:
Tell it Slant by Brenda Miller    


Reference texts:  Click on Links or Order Books
Philip Lopate on Writing Personal Essays
Keep it Short by Danny Heitman
Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
Screenwriters Problem Solver by Syd Fields
Story by Robert McKee


SUGGESTED PROGRAM:  Scrivener (free download for 30 days).