PART I - BEGINNINGS

1. -Allowing creativity - Time, space and the banning of the critic.
   

2. -The initial vision: The Mountain.
   

3. -Simplify: reducing the Mountain to a series of steps.
   

4. -The Outline.
   

5. -Research: Springboard of the imagination.
   

PART II - EXPANDING THE VISION

- Character-in-action: Creating great characters by what they do and say.

- Plotting through characters’ objectives

- See the movie: Point-of-View and other film techniques.

- Keeping the reader reading.

1. -Misdirection: advancing the plot without being obvious.
   

PART III - ACTION! CHARACTER IN PERIL.

- ‘Write the good fight.’

1. -Making love...while moving the plot forward.
   

2. -Dialogue as action.
   

PART IV - DRAFTS.

- Techniques for finishing the first draft.

- ‘Writing is re-writing’: The Edit.

- The Sell: queries, synopses, agents and editors.

- The Business: any questions?