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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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Bernhardt). Please c
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William Bernhardt Workshop Schedule
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