Contents of Beginners Workshop

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Some Beginners topics below are also listed in the Workshop section. Beginners should not hesitate to explore the most advanced material. It takes most people many repetitions to get these notions firmly seated in the subconscious. There's no better time to start than now.

**Workshop Topics for Beginners**
Faculty Authors--->	Jacqueline Lichtenberg Originator of Sime~Gen	Jean Lorrah Co-Creator of Sime~Gen & author of numerous Professional Trek Novels	Cheryl Wolverton Romance Writing	Margaret L. Carter Vampires etc.	Anne Phyllis Pinzow Visual Writing	James D. Macdonald	Sylvia Engdahl
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How do you know if you're cut out to be a writer?	Can I be a Selling Writer?
Grammar Help	http://cctc.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm
Elements of Style -	http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/ "Strunk" is THE key handbook you must master -- and there's money in it. This is where Copyeditors get all their IDEAS for changing your hard-crafted pros. When you can't SELL, you can work in copyediting.
Build Your Vocabulary	Word of the Day http://www.randomhouse.com/jesse/
Choosing a Protagonist
What is "genre"and who says so?	Proposal for a New Genre (feminist version of this article)
Outlining for Writing
The Selling Outline
The Art of Composition
How to Find the Beginning of a Story	How to Find the Beginning
How to Find the Middle
How to find the End
When does a story End?
What is a Plot?		The Character Driven Plot
How do you tell What Happens Next?
What Is Point of View?
How do you Choose Point of View?
What is the difference between Characterization and Relationship?
What is conflict?	1. WORK-Conflict Workshop Post dated Jan 1997				Movies and Television Shows as Textbooks
What is a "conflict line?"
What is Internal Conflict? (and how to create some)
What is the difference between Plot and Story?
Doing Your Research	1.WORK- Doing and Using Your Research 2. Learning to think visually.			Vampires In Literature or What Every Writer Must Know Before Attempting a Vampire Story
SHOW DON'T TELL	1.See "How To Find The Beginning" posted above
CONTRAST & COMPARE	1. Babylon Five vs. Star Trek:Voyager#1 2.Babylon Five vs. Star Trek: Voyager #2 - Conduits and the Fiction Delivery System
Accounting For Taste