Plot YOUR Book in 2 Days

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Unpublished writers –

Have you hit the point where you’re stuck in your story?

Have you gotten rejections praising your voice, characters, story concept with no offer to resubmit?

Have you completed a manuscript that isn’t getting requested?

Published authors –

Do you need to find a more efficient way to create strong stories in a timely manner?

Do you want to write a bigger, more emotional story?

Do you need a simple way to find plot holes?

Award-winning authors Mary Buckham and Dianna Love are national speakers who teamed up to create the highly successful Break Into Fiction^™ Template Teaching Series, which will soon be out in a book. While developing this, they created a powerful CHARACTER-DRIVEN plotting program. These relatively new authors know the frustration of those trying to write a sellable manuscript and the equally difficult task of continuing to do so in this competitive market.

See what attendees are saying about what they gained from our Plot YOUR Book in 2 Days Retreats:

“I’ve been breathing a wondrous sigh of relief. Your templates have helped me to lose that squishy feeling that somehow my characters and plot will all work! They’re beginning to feel defined and focused. Than you! Thank you!” ~~ Rebecca

“I have to tell you that, as a published author with 13 novels to my credit, I found Mary’s workshop incredibly helpful. She has an excellent system of templates for asking all the right questions to pull the story out of an author who can then set it on paper. Mary’s presentation was lucid, informal, friendly, and easy to understand. Mary’s careful analysis of story will be a very useful aid to you over the years. I’ve been to a number of workshops and I can honestly say that I found Mary’s to be one of the top presentation in regards to usefulness for professional writers.” ~~ Theresa

Mary and Dianna are only offering 6 plotting retreats in 2008. The limited seating for these retreats allows one-on-one attention for YOUR story. You will start plotting YOUR book in the first hour and continue to do so for two days.

What you receive for attending a Power Plotting Weekend:

A binder with the blank templates plus four sets of templates filled out using movie examples (115 pages). Students are emailed in advance to watch Casablanca (classic drama with romantic elements), Finding Nemo (children’s story), Bourne Identity (mainstream suspense) and Pretty Woman (romance) so they can follow the instruction and interact with the class on how all the story elements come together to build a powerful character-driven plot.
Detailed instruction and one-on-one attention during breaks
Access to two award-winning authors throughout the weekend for a continual Q&A
5 Bonus Templates on significant story elements

For details on each 2008 location and registration information,

click on the city where you’d like to attend:

ATLANTA Jan 18-19 HOUSTON April 18-19 SEATTLE May 23-24

RICHMOND June 20-21 CHICAGO Sept 18-20 LOS ANGELES Nov 14-15

*If you’d like to schedule a Power Plotting weekend near you, contact us by clicking here.

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