Classic Cliffhangers Workshop
How to write the various types of cliffhangers to keep your readers moving forward.
A Critical Workshop for So Many Writers to Take
How to keep a reader reading from chapter to chapter and from scene to scene.
There are many ways besides the standard “hero hanging from a cliff” that the name of the technique is named after. In fact, there are six major cliffhangers and each week in this course will cover another way to keep your readers hooked into your stories. It will also cover how to speed up your stories and even understand when a scene or chapter should end.
Understanding how to use the major cliffhanger techniques will jump your sales and keep readers coming back to your work.
Your Instructor
With over twenty-three million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith now brings you original fiction every month for the past three years in his own magazine, Smith’s Monthly.
Dean wrote over twenty-five original Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, plus Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man novels, and others. He wrote many gaming novels including Final Fantasy.
He wrote novels and stories under almost fifty pen names and did scripts for Hollywood as well as being an editor for various magazines. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch. You can follow his writing life at www.deanwesleysmith.com
Course Curriculum
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StartWeek #1 Cliff Session 1... Why study cliffhangers (9:28)
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StartWeek #1 Cliff Session 2... Seven point plot (8:48)
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StartWeek #1 Cliff Session 3... Elements of plot... (8:27)
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StartWeek #1 Cliff Session #4... How the best cliffhangers work... (6:52)
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StartWeek #1 Cliff Session #5... Organization of cliffhangers (12:18)
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StartWeek #1 Cliff Assignment (7:13)
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StartCliff #1 Assign Response (4:23)
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StartWeek #2 Cliff Session 1... Physical cliffhangers (6:48)
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StartWeek #2 Cliff Session 2... Lester Dent plot summary... Google it. (9:02)
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StartWeek #2 Cliff Session 3... Structure of a physical cliffhanger peril cut. (9:52)
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StartWeek #2 Cliff Session #4... Details of a blackout physical cliffhanger. (8:15)
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StartAssignment #2 (2:20)