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Tis noncreditseries o classes is

intended or the general public.

Just ction is an introductory novel building

series. Learn the elements o novel

crating rom an expert in the eld, New

York imes best-selling author William

Bernhardt. Students may mix and matcha combination o classes based on their

individual needs, and may pay as they go.

April 6 - Premise: Getting started right,

tweaking your idea or maximum success,

premises that appeal to agents and editors,

writing the perect rst sentence, paragraph,

page, and chapter to grab the reader rom

the outset, contemplating your audience.

May 11 - Structure: Organizing yourstory or maximum impact, understanding

inciting incident, plot points, character

turning points, rising and alling action,

climax, denouement, outlining your book

or maximum success, extending your

premises into a successul story plan.

June 8 - Character: Designing

protagonists and antagonists that bring

your story to lie, understanding character

arcs, distinguishing character romcharacterization, using secondary characters

eectively, understanding viewpoint,

using psychic distance to increase reader

identication with your characters.

In addition to being a national best-

selling author o 29 books, Bernhardt

ounded HAWK Publishing Group

in 1999 and started hosting writing

workshops in 2005. HAWK, the workshops

and his small-group writing seminars

have educated several authors now

published at major New York houses.

He holds a masters degree in English

literature and is the only writer to have

received both the Royden B. Davis

Distinguished Author Award (University

o Pennsylvania) and the H. Louise Cobb

Distinguished Author Award (Oklahoma

State University), which is given in

recognition o an outstanding body o

work that has prooundly infuenced the

way in which we understand ourselvesand American society at large. Ater

an incredible 18-book run with series

character Ben Kincaid, he retired the

series to pursue other writing projects.

In addition to novels, he has written

plays, a musical (book and music), humor,

nonction articles, childrens books,

anthologies or charitable undraising

and crossword puzzles. He also has

published poetry in more than a dozendierent literary journals and is a member

o the American Academy o Poets.

July 6 - Plot: Design

engages a reader thr

basic plot elements,

and plot, the import

creating a climax an

satises and delight

Aug. 10 - Style: Foc

language, how to us

eect, writing the li

lightning bug), usin

avoiding passive voi

your writing publish

with contemporary w

or modern novels a

Sept. 7 - Marketing

the synopses, ndin

working with an ed

publicity, using soci

author platorm, the

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class. (Writing the B

Donald Maass &D

Bernhardt). Please c

option with your r

William Bernhardt Workshop Schedule

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