Establishing Your Authority
3
Developing a Theme
10
Using “On-the-Body” Physical Sensation
20
Submerging the “I”
28
Nuts and Bolts: Hiding a Gun
41
Beware the “Thesis Statement”
45
Reading Out Loud – Part One
49
Reading Out Loud – Part Two
54
Nuts and Bolts: Punctuation with Gesture and Attribution
59
When You Can’t Find a Writing Workshop
62
Learning from the Cliches... Then Leaving Them Behind
66
Talking Shapes: The Quilt Versus the Big O
70
Textures of Information
75
Effective Similes
79
Talking Shapes: The Thumbnail
82
Talking Shapes: The Cycle
85
Talking Shapes: The Rebel, the Follower and the Witness
91
Nuts and Bolts: Using Your Objects
98
Thirteen Writing Tips
102
Killing Time – Part One
108
Discon nected Dialogue – Part One
113
Body Language – Part One
116
Objects
120
Required Reading: Absurdity
124
Utility Phrases: When All Words Fail
127
Names Versus Pronouns
130
Nuts and Bolts: Plot Points
134
Tell a Lie, Bury a Gun
137
A Story from Scratch, Act One
140
A Story from Scratch, Act Two
147
A Story from Scratch, Act Three
154
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