Writing Active Body Language
Sat, Sep 07
|Online
The best writers understand that over 80% of human communication is non-verbal. Mary Buckham talks how to put that to work on the page. Dive deep into the elements of Body Language to learn how to put those elements to use in YOUR stories. Move beyond talking heads and bring your characters to life!
Time & Location
Sep 07, 2024, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
Online
About the Event
In this workshop: The best writers understand that over eighty percent of human communication is non-verbal. So how do you put that to work on the page? Dive deep into the elements of Body Language to learn how to put those elements to use in YOUR stories. Move beyond talking heads and bring your characters to life!
What we’ll cover:
- What non-verbal communication is in a story.
- Learn ways to use Body Language to POWER UP emotion.
- Body Language and Body Movement are NOT the same thing.
- How Body Language can impact and rap up both internal and external conflict.
- The most overused Body Language Elements, and how to avoid them.
About the speaker: USA Today bestselling author, Mary Buckham writes the best-selling WRITING ACTIVE series for writers – WRITING ACTIVE SETTING and WRITING ACTIVE HOOKS. She is also the co-author of BREAK INTO FICTION® with NYT author Dianna Love. Mary is nationally recognized for her online and live writing workshops for writers of all genres around the US and Canada, including the Power Plotting Webinars. Mary doesn’t just teach writers though. She practices what she preaches, writing Urban Fantasy with attitude. Do you love romance, danger & kick-ass heroines? Find it in her Alex Noziak or Kelly McAllister series! She also writes YA sci fi/adventure as Micah Caida in the Red Moon series.
Author and Writing Instructor
Facebook: Mary Buckham
Twitter: @MaryBuckham
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