WS5: HOW TO USE BODY LANGUAGE TO CREATE UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS - Presented by Tara Johnson. Understanding body language, micro-expressions, and posture is the ultimate way to ‘show and not tell’. Since over 50% of language is non-verbal, refusing to unearth our characters’ body language is a recipe for creating flat, one-dimensional fictional people. Body language adds tremendous depth to dialogue, sets tone, and shows readers how a character’s emotions reflect in their behavior. This workshop will teach the student how to use universal body language to give their characters rich emotion, as well as teach how to spot deception and bumps in verbal language that reveal inner motive. This class will also use examples from real life, including transcripts and videos from confessed serial killers and public figures.
WS6: WHAT TO DO WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE: MANAGING WRITING AND PUBLICITY JOYFULLY! - Presented by Jeane Burgess. What do we know for sure? That in the fiction world, writing and marketing often collide! In this workshop Jeane introduces her PIE principal, and why publicity still matters. As an author, you have to write AND market your book, but how can you get it all done? Let’s talk about what you, as an author must do, and where you can have some margin in your writing-marketing world. She will share some of the tips she has learned from observing literally hundreds of authors she has worked with over the years. You’ll leave this workshop encouraged and energized by the power of PIE.
