Fiction Writing Workshop
with Janet McHenry
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED,
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO LACK OF RSVPs
“If the words write a story push you into a black hole, this workshop will turn on a flashlight that will help you find your way toward a successful narrative.”
–Janet Holm McHenry
Nevada Christian Home School is pleased to provide this valuable workshop geared for ages 7th - 12th grades. Parents and friends are welcome to attend this delightful event!
When: Saturday, February 20th
Where: Hillside Foursquare Church
3200 Sutro Street, Reno
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $6.00 per person for NCHS members
$11.00 per person for non-NCHS members
Workshop 1:
Characterization: Creating Believable Folks
The key to a good story is a realistic character with whom you relate. Learn how to sketch your characters with and without words.
Workshop 2:
Plot: Penning Page Turners
Conflict is essential if you want your reader to keep turning the pages. Find out how conflict works within classic plot structure and also how Hollywood plot formulas can generate story conflict.
Workshop 3:
Setting: Showing, Not Telling
Students often want to skip this aspect of narrative writing, but learning how to show, not tell can weave in conflict through well-done description. Discover the simple trick to establish setting that will add suspense to your writing.
Workshop 4:
Storyboarding: Finding Great Ideas
Want to write a story or a book but you’re short on ideas? Storyboarding is the method that Disney uses to brainstorm new film storylines. After one group session you’ll feel empowered to write any kind of assignment.
More about Janet:
Janet Holm McHenry is a national speaker and the author of 19 books, as well as hundreds of articles in magazines and newspapers, including Today’s Christian Woman, Decision, and Guideposts. Because of her best-selling book PrayerWalk, she has been featured in national magazines such as Health, First, and Family Circle. Janet holds a degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and formerly worked as a newspaper reporter and editor. She and her husband Craig live in Loyalton, where they have raised four children and where she is a high school English teacher. Teenagers, she says, are some of her favorite people, noting, “Watching the lightbulbs turn on in their eyes is why I love teaching.”