Writing Workshop Essays
by
Jean Lorrah

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 Jean Lorrah

Co-Creator of Sime~Gen & author of numerous Professional Trek Novels
The Writer's Toolbox Co-edited with Rochelle "Shelly" Campbell and Jacqueline Lichtenberg, this is a glossary of terms used in the WorldCrafter's Guild lessons. 
Chats and appearances logged:  Read Chat arranged by Margaret I. Carr
Editor of T-Zero 

Fan Into Professional - at an AOL Chat
Getting Ideas & Developing Ideas Into Stories  1."The Case of the One-Armed Donor"

2. "Developing A Series of Novels"

3. "Writing About What You Care About"

Analysis for "Integration" 1. When Plot Conflicts With Theme
What Is Theme and what is it good for?  
What is a Plot? The Character Driven Plot
Plot/Conflict Integration

See below for "What is Conflict?"

 
Copyright and Contract 

1. "Fair Use of Other People's Writing," 

2. Protecting your Idea with Copyright.  
Choosing a Protagonist  
What is "genre"and
who says so?		  
The Outline You Write From  
The Selling Outline "Example of a Novel Outline That Sold."
The Art of Composition 1. Female Archetypes
How to Find the Beginning of a Story  
How to Find the Middle  
How to find the End  
When does a story End?  
What is
Action?		  
How do you
tell What Happens
Next?		  
Sometimes
what happens next is what happened
before this!
Or the Art of the Flashback.		 Flashbacks
What Is Point of View?  
How do you Choose Point of View?  
What is the difference
between Characterization
and
Relationship?		 1. Character Development
What is conflict?

1. Conflict in a Fantasy Romance by Jean Lorrah

2. Conflict and Thesis in Real Life

 
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  
Crafting Your World  
SHOW DON'T TELL

1.  Verisimilitude And Dracula, expanding on JL's answer to What's the difference between Narrative and Show Don't Tell?

2.new2.gif (111 bytes)Narrative, Description, Dialog, Exposition, 4-tools the writer uses to tell a story.  See the whole context of this discussion in our Guild Hall.  
See Jean's essay on 4 Tools.
CONTRAST & COMPARE

 

  
Accounting For Taste  
The Editor's Job 1. Coping With Changes Required by Editors.
ASSIGNMENTS

for

Course #1

"The Essence of Story"