November 8 – Alfie Thompson
Alfie Thompson presents About a Story – Lights! Camera! Fiction! – A WHRWA all day event!
Registration is closed.
Forget work and learning. We’re going to watch a movie…and discuss in detail how characterization and character goals and growth go hand in hand with creating conflict and developing a Five Star plot. Who’s bringing the popcorn?
Alfie Thompson’s received her first “we’re buying your book” call in December 1989. Since then, writing as Val Daniels, she has sold 9 more books to Harlequin/Silhouette, including 8 Romances, 1 Shadows (romantic suspense) and 1 Special Edition. Her books have been published in 22 languages and 32 countries and have sold 2.5 million copies.
Her most recent book was published by Running Press (a division of Perseus) and is a non-fiction book on learning to write fiction by watching movies. Lights! Camera! Fiction! A Movie Lovers Guide to Writing a Novel by Alfie Thompson is available in bookstores and from the usual online booksellers.
Alfie has given writing workshops from New York City to Hawaii and served for five years on RWA’s Board of Directors. As conference chair in 1990, she initiated the first ever “Readers For Life” literacy booksigning which has raised over a half million dollars for Literacy since its inception.
Registration is required for the event. Entry fee is $20 for WHRWA members and $30 for non-members.
Tentative Schedule for November 8th:
8:30-9:00 -> Registration and coffee
9:00-9:45 -> Business Meeting with Pal Reviews
9:45-10:15 -> Coffee and Social Break
10:15-11:45 -> Alfie Thompson presents "About a Story"
11:45-12:15 -> Introductions
12:15-1:30 -> Lunch and Booksigning with Alfie Thompson and local authors
1:30-3:00 -> Alfie Thompson presents "About a Story" cont.
