Classes & Workshops for Writers

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The Log Line

Save time, create satisfying stories, and market them better with this simple tool.

2-hour workshop.

If you can’t describe your story in one sentence, chances are you don’t really know what it’s about.

In this class, you’ll learn to distill your entire plot into a single-sentence log lineβ€”a powerful tool to test ideas, guide your draft, steer revisions, and sell your story.

Whether you’re a plotter, a pantser/discovery writer, or somewhere in between, use a log line to save time and avoid frustration while writing, then pitch with confidence!

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Flexible Writer’s Framework

Plot any story (or part of a story) with these five turning points.

2-hour class. Best preceded by the Log Line workshop.

Online course coming soon!

Class Description:

Bestselling stories incorporate inner and outer conflicts while taking readers on a journey through rising tension to a satisfactory climax. Whether you’re a pantser (discovery writer) or a plotter, you can use five-point plot structure and the Flexible Writer’s Framework to help you create satisfying stories that turn your readers into loyal fans.

Not just theory, this class helps you see the five-point structure in practice on the series, book, or chapter level. Talena Winters analyzes several hit stories across genres to show how even very different plots all use the same basic structure that works, time after time after time.

You’ll walk away with the tools to write or revise your own story using the Flexible Writer’s Framework, no matter how you prefer to get your words to the page.

Creating a Cohesive Brand as a Multi-Passion Creative. Class by Talena Winters.com.

Create A Cohesive Multi-Passion Brand

Market effectively as a multi-passionate creative.

2-hour live workshop.

Interested in this live workshop? Contact me to inquire about presenting to your writing group or cohort.

Class Description:

Are you a multi-genre writer struggling to market across different product lines and audiences? Or, worse, are you a multi-passion creative, struggling to figure out how to market several creative businesses with only the time one person has?

Multi-genre author, editor, songwriter, and knitwear designer Talena Winters walks you through an exercise to figure out what it is that holds all of your different interests together in order to create a unifying brand theme that you can use in your marketing, websiteβ€”and even to provide story inspiration.

Part 1

  • Learn what branding is and how you need to approach it as a multi-passionate creative to influence your business decisions.

  • Get examples of who does this well already.

  • Learn when it works well to market multiple passions from the same platform, and when you might want to separate them.

Part 2

  • Workshop the things that make you and your business tick

  • Learn how you can use that to shape your brand and connect with your ideal client.

  • Explore how you can work these themes into every aspect of your brand, including your stories themselves.

You’ll walk away with a solid understanding of your brand themes and how to start implementing them across your platform.