We will 'cast' your novel or short story, by using a series of exercises to write 'audition scenes'.

This is perfect if you already have a project in mind, and you know some of the characters who need to make an appearance - but you don't know what they are like yet.

If you don't have a project on the go, and you just want to practise the skill, that's great too! Just make a list of characters with a 'story job' to work with - e.g. the detective/villain/victim in a crime novel, the parents/siblings in a family drama, etc.

We'll be using some concepts from conversational style and transactional analysis, and I've put these in a PDF file for reference - be sure to download this for classes 3 and 4.

Cody Sipe

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