Kingston Writersfest: Writing suspense with Andrew Pyper

Friday, September 23, 2011 - 1:00pm

Holiday Inn Waterfront : Martello Room
2 Princess Street
Kingston, ON
K7L 1A2

Perhaps no element in writing effective fiction is more overlooked than plot, and no tool to construct a gripping story more dismissed than the outline. Why? Too often, plot is wrongly seen as a rudimentary matter of this–happens–then–this. Outlines are spurned as tedious, anti–creative fussing. The truth is that plotting, through the use of a graphic outline, can be not only useful and save writers from taking wrong turns, but can also be the most purely creative aspect of the novel–writing project.

In this master class, Andrew Pyper will show you how outlines can help build stories that grab readers and refuse to let go, and how they are the single most effective way of preventing a potentially great idea from being abandoned somewhere between pages 10 and 110.

Limited enrolment.

General Admission: $25.00/$30.00 at the door.

More info: http://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/events.php.