Session #1: THE ART OF THE SENTENCE.
The power of grammar, the well-chosen word, tone and voice, rhythm, and pace.
Session #2: THE FIRST SENTENCE.
Inviting the reader in. Seven approaches to opening sentences. Learning from examples. (Exercise #1 due next session: a great first sentence)
Session #3: SHARING AND COMPARING.
Critiquing, editing, improving that first sentence. (Based on your work, exercise #1)
Session #4: SENTENCES THAT BRING CHARACTERS TO LIFE.
Description dialog, action, thought; the “telling detail.” (Exercise #2: 1-2 sentences that capture a character due next session)
Session #5: SHARING AND COMPARING plus SENTENCES THAT SKETCH A LANDSCAPE
A short discussion and critique of character-revealing sentences. (Based on your work, exercise #2) Sentences that bring a place to life. (Exercise #3: 1-2 sentences that place the reader in your writing space due next session)
Session #6: SHARING AND COMPARING plus SENTENCES THAT END A STORY
A short discussion and critique of landscape-sketch sentences. (Based on your work, exercise #3). What an “end” sentence looks like. Why endings are so hard to write.