Part I: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict Exercise: This is the technique taught to me by D.C. Black, a former Hollywood writer who worked on shows such as Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Bring paper and pens (or other device) so we can work on your stories together. 

Part II: Structure: How do you connect the dots between your scenes? How do you call back to an element of the story that you mentioned in chapter one. How do you reach the black moment when all is lost and hopeless, only to have your characters pull themselves out and rise above it all at the end.

 Note: It helps (but isn’t necessary) if the attendees have at least a passing familiarity with the following movies: Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home, Star Wars: A New Hope, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Thomas Crowne Affair (1999 with Pierce Brosan), and The Wizard of Oz.

If time permits:

 Part III: Worldbuilding

 Part IV: The business of writing, both small press and indie.