Location: Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Service Center

Award-winning and bestselling author Brenda Novak will teach WRW members how to make their stories more emotional and how to overcome discouragement in their writing careers.  While her first published novel was a historical romance, Novak built her name through her popular Harlequin Superromance stories and romantic suspense novels for HQN and Mira.  She also started an online auction to benefit juvenile diabetes and has raised more than a quarter million dollars in just three years.  Novak will present two workshops.

Schedule:

10:00 – 12:00, Emotion:  The Heart of the Novel
12:00 – 2:00, Lunch
2:00 – 4:00, Overcoming Discouragement and Other Obstacles to Success

Emotion: The Heart of the Novel, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

A writer has the power, through her stories, to reach into the very soul of a reader and confirm his or her basic belief that good conquers evil and love reigns supreme. But to a new or even experienced writer, that sounds like a pretty tall order. In EMOTION—THE HEART OF THE NOVEL, Brenda Novak takes this abstract concept and breaks it down into several concrete methods a writer can use to tap into those universal emotions that touch us deeply and make a lasting impression.

Lunch, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Overcoming Discouragement and Other Obstacles to Success, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

In OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT AND OTHER OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS, bestselling author Brenda Novak discusses the fears and doubts that can creep in and paralyze even the most talented author. She also addresses goal setting, which overcomes procrastination; attitude, which overcomes discouragement; and problem-solving skills, which turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.