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Ines Johnson

A Day with Ines Johnson

 

In Person

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Talk

Join Ines Johnson as she presents four workshops, combining her experience as a screenwriter and as the author of more than 100 novels to lead us through the day. 

 

Stealing Secrets from Screenwriting: How to Make Your Book Bingeworthy

In television, every scene matters and if you don’t hook the viewer and keep them engaged, you’ll lose them to another channel. The secret to success is in the writing—and an ex-screenwriter-turned-bestselling author is sharing all of her secrets of screenwriting in this class. Learn how to weave in multiple storylines, use leads, sequels, and buttons, and the best character archetypes like the red shirt to answer story questions and open closed doors for the sequel.

 

Writing to Market in Romance
We’ve all heard the term Write to Market. But it doesn’t mean you can’t write the book of your heart. With a few tweaks that book could appeal to a hungry market. Learn to do the research and plotting necessary to hit reader expectations, nail the tropes, and march to the right beats in the romance genre!

 

Page Turner Pacing (formerly known as Using Episodic TV Structure to Craft Your Novel)
Traditional episodic television writers are skilled in keeping viewers in their seats during commercial breaks. They’re also adept at keeping viewers talking and guessing in the seven days between each episode. Learn the tips and tricks show runners use to hold tension and attention so that you can keep readers in their seats as you serialize your prose! Let veteran television writer, Ines Johnson teach you
her twelve-point method to structure each episode of your serial, as well as techniques to tease, lead, and hook readers from episode to episode.

 

Sagging Middles
Don’t we all dread them? Ines will present a brand-new workshop suggesting techniques to keep your readers engaged In the story.

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Bio

Ines writes books for strong women who suck at love. If you rocked out to the twisted triangle of Jem, Jericha, and Rio as a girl; if you were slayed by vampires with souls alongside Buffy; if you need your scandalous fix from Olivia Pope each week, then you’ll love her books! Aside from being a writer, professional reader, and teacher, Ines is a very bad Buddhist. She sits in sangha each week, and while others are meditating and getting their zen on, she’s contemplating how to use the teachings to strengthen her plots and character motivations. Ines lives outside Washington, DC with her two little sidekicks who are growing up way too fast.​

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Workshop Schedule

In person at Decatur Public Library and via Zoom

 

9:00–12:00
Stealing Secrets from Screenwriting: How to Make Your Book Bingeworthy 
Writing to Market in Romance

12:00–1:00
Break for Lunch

1:00–3:45
Page Turner Pacing
Sagging Middles

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Fees

• Registration fee (prices are the same whether you're in-person or via Zoom):

  • $30 for current GRW members

  • $40 for non-members