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Workshops & Talks
Workshops:
Creating Characters with Depth: 10 Ways to
Dig Deeper
Can be offered as a month long, on-line class,
as a day-long in person workshop, or it can be shortened to fit
other time frames.
Course description: The most memorable
characters are multilayered with flaws and virtues, goals, desires, quirks and
habits, unique world views, yet they need to be common enough to be accessible
to every reader. How do you start with an idea, a glimmer of a character and
build that sketchy thought into a living breathing, three-dimensional character
that readers will root for, or hate? Join award-winning historical romance
author
Laurin Wittig and learn how
to dig deeper to find the depth that will bring your characters to life.
Everything You've Wanted to Know
About Critique Groups (but didn't know who to ask)
Laurin has been
a member of three critique groups, has worked with accountability
partners, critique partners, brainstorming/plotting partners and
groups and has judged in many contests including the Marlene, the
Golden Heart and the Rita. She's a veteran at both giving and
receiving critiques and can give you first hand accounts of both
what works, and what doesn't work when working with a critique group
or partner. Time frame 1-2 hours. Works well when
combined with "Critiquing: a Hands-On, How-To Workshop" for an all
day workshop.
Critiquing: a hands-on, how-to workshop
The nitty
gritty of giving and receiving constructive critiques. Time
frame 2-3 hours. Works well in combination with "Everything
You've Wanted to Know about Critique Groups (but didn't know who to
ask)" for an all day workshop.
Researching Outside the Box (with
romance author Elizabeth Holcombe)
Get your brain
thinking in new directions when it comes to research resources for
your stories. Historical romance authors Laurin Wittig and
Elizabeth Holcombe have made it their quest to find new unique ways
to research any book. Time Frame: 2-3 hours.
How to Enter Romance Writing
Contests and Survive (with award winning author Pamela Palmer)
Contest divas
Laurin Wittig and Pamela Palmer give you all the inside
information on writing contests in the Romance community so you can
find the right contest for you, and actually use the results to
improve your writing and augment your career. This workshop
focuses primarily on contests for unpublished writers. Wittig
and Palmer are veterans of dozens of contests, finalists in many of
them, and between them have won the Emily, the Marlene, the Maggie,
the Golden Rose, the Golden Heart, the National Readers's Choice
Award and many more. Time Frame: 2 hours.
Talks:
It all started with a book...
The author reads from her works
and discusses how the books in her life inspired her to become a writer.
Time frame: 1 hour including Q&A time.
In Search of Medieval Scotland: An
Author's Journey
How does a
writer who spurned history in college research a historical novel?
Laurin shares the journey she took to discover the rich details of
medieval Scotland that she weaves into her historical stories.
Time frame: 1 hour including Q&A time.
Critique Groups: Love 'em or leave 'em?,
published in Update, the monthly newsletter of Washington
Romance Writers. November, 1997.
So You're Going to Scotland. The inside
scoop on what you need to know before you go. With Pam Poulsen (aka
Pamela Palmer). Published in Update,
June, 1998.
How
to Enter Writing Contests and Survive (Part One) With Pam Poulsen (aka
Pamela Palmer).
Published in Update, December, 1999.
How
to Enter Writing Contests and Survive (Part Two) With Pam Poulsen (aka
Pamela Palmer).
Published in Update, January, 2000.
Are you Waiting?,
Published in Update, April, 2002
and on the Virginia Romance Writers website.
For more information please contact the author at:
Laurin@Wittig.com
or
Laurin Wittig
P.O. Box 5344
Williamsburg, VA 23188 |
