Last weekend, I had the opportunity to take a workshop with Elizabeth Engstrom at the Oregon Writers Colony Annual Conference. I always look forward to the conferences at the historic Sylvia beach Hotel in Newport, Oregon. They are all different, all illuminating, but this one, “Assembling the Skeleton of Your Novel,” came at the perfect time for me. Elizabeth did a great job of condensing her 5-day class into a power-packed few hours. Read more of her insights here:

It’s stating the obvious to say that the characters are the most important element of a story. But most writers, particularly beginners, don’t spend enough time designing the …

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