Dynamic Scene-Building + Manuscript Critique

No matter the genre, the scene is the essential building block of fiction. Yet even experienced writers can struggle with the juggling act of elements that dynamic scenes require.

In this generative workshop, we’ll tackle the make or break craft of scene writing. We start off by grounding ourselves in core principles as well as strategies for producing quality drafts from the get go; short examples drawn from contemporary works will help bring home the concepts. We’ll take a break, mingle over great snacks, before turning our hand to creating two scenes from scratch via custom exercises–templates that can be adapted again and again in future stories.

Writers can expect to leave with actionable insights into this most critical of skills as well as fresh material that can be added to an existing story or form the start of a new one–and who knows, possibly a novel.

Bring your work up to the next level with quality written feedback from Allison. Take up to a week to complete your scene draft, or revise another from an existing work, before submitting up to 2000 words for critique–the perfect nudge to make sure you meet your first deadline!