Where (and How) to Start Your Novel (Online)
Price: $20
Instructor: Linda Budzinski
The first pages of your novel are critical for drawing in the reader. Especially in today’s market, where potential buyers can “Look Inside!” to check out your beginning, you need to make sure you’re starting in the right place, and doing it the right way! This mini workshop offers instruction, exercises, and professional feedback to help you write a beginning that will make your readers want to read to the end!
Must be age 18 or older.
Writing The Romance Novel (Online)
Price: $119
Instructor: Linda Budzinski
If you love reading romance and would like to try your hand at writing your first romance novel, this online workshop is for you! You’ll discover:
- Essential elements of the romance novel
- Writing characters your readers will root for
- Three tips for making your reader feel they are in your character’s head
- How to ensure your reader keeps turning the page
- What to do (and not to do) when writing dialog
- How to make your setting come alive for the reader
- Keys to articulating your novel’s premise
This course is ideal for beginning/intermediate writers or more experienced writers new to the romance genre. In addition to instruction, it includes writing exercises and resources that will equip you to take the first steps toward writing and completing your novel!
Must be age 18 or older.
About your instructor: Linda Budzinski is the author of four young adult romance novels, including The Boyfriend Whisperer, first-place winner of the Rosemary Award (Romance Writers of America Young Adult Chapter) and Fool for Love Award (RWA Virginia Chapter). Her novel Em & Em has been optioned for development as a TV series and was named a “Must Read for Teens” by Your Teen Magazine. When she’s not writing, she works in non-profit communications and outreach.