Thursday, August 23, 2012

Featured Tutorial | Crafting and Selling a Page-Turner

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I hope all of you are finding at least a little time to enjoy the 2012 Olympics. The Olympics are inspiring in so many ways. It's especially fun to watch children as they react to watching their favorite event and begin dreaming of their own futures. 

Back to tutorials for the week . . . I have two new tutorials to share with you:  


Crafting and Selling a Page-Turner will teach you how build an airtight mystery that delivers thrills, chills, and a satisfying conclusion. This tutorial is taught by award-winning writer, book reviewer, and writing instructor Hallie Ephron. Hallie is the author of numerous mysteries and thrillers, including Never Tell a Lie

For those of you that have been asking for poetry tutorials—a new poetry tutorial is ready! Marketing Your Poetry: Who Says Rhyme Doesn't Pay? is packed with ideas and resources to help you get your poetry into the hands of those that will be inspired by what you have worked so hard on crafting. 

I'd highly recommend taking out a WD Tutorials membership if you haven't already. 65+ tutorials are available to you, at least one new tutorial is added weekly, and many new tutorials are in development. Please feel free to preview the many tutorials immediately available to you through the WD Tutorials site

Wishing you only the best!
Julie Oblander
Online Education Manager
Writer's Digest Tutorials
Featured Tutorial | Crafting and Selling a Page-Turner
In this enlightening tutorial session, you'll learn how to illustrate all of the critical elements necessary for crafting a tale that not only grabs readers and keeps them reading, but enables you to build an airtight mystery that delivers thrills, chills, and a satisfying conclusion. 

This tutorial is taught by award-winning writer, book reviewer, and writing instructor Hallie Ephron. Hallie is the author of numerous mysteries and thrillers, including Never Tell a Lie (William Morrow). Never Tell a Lie won the David Award for Best Mystery Novel of 2010, and Publishers Weekly calls it "stunning" and a "deliciously creepy tale of obsession." Hallie is also the author of the Edgar-nominated Writing & Selling Your Mystery Novel (Writer's Digest Books) and The Everything Guide to Writing Your First Novel (Adams Media). 

Instructor Hallie Ephron gives you an inside look at how to craft enthralling novels that crank up the suspense and compel readers to keep turning the pages until THE END—which is the key to hooking agents, editors, and readers around the world.

In this 65-minute tutorial video, you'll learn:  
  • The keys to planning your story, twisting the plot, and constructing a credible surprise ending
  • Techniques for creating a compelling sleuth and a worthy villain
  • The art of deceiving and revealing with red herrings and clues
  • Guidelines for writing credible investigations, spine-tingling suspense, and dramatic action
  • Revision techniques—from sharpening characters, to optimizing pace, to word selection
  • How to engage every reader
  • How to catch the eye of an agent or editor and sell your work!



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