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Workshops & Appearances
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JULY 2006
On-line Workshop "I've Got You Under My Skin: Deep POV" (4 weeks)
Offered through Writer U
Deep point of view (POV) is the quickest, cheapest tool in the writer's toolbox for
shoe-horning your reader into your character's skin. It is driven by your characters'
experience and emotions. This workshop explains how close third person POV
combines the advantages of first person POV with the versatility and wider camera
lens of third person POV.
Elements to consider in writing deep POV include the character's gender, education
level, environment, age, career, and needs and conflicts. Using first and final drafts
from Virginia Kantra's own work and examples from bestselling and RITA-nominated
novels, this workshop will explore when and why deep POV is effective and discuss
how to write it in description, narrative, and dialogue/subtext. Special attention will be
paid to formatting; techniques for switching POV within a scene; and to writing in male
POV, including "Virginia's Guidelines for Guy-Speak."
This format of this month-long workshop allows participants to download lectures and ask questions at their leisure.
AUGUST 2OO6
Booksigning Brier Creek Barnes & Nobles
Saturday, August 12, 3:30-5:30 pm
8431 Brier Creek Parkway
Raleigh, NC 27617
For information and directions, visit
SEPTEMBER 2006
NAIBA Moveable Feast
Saturday, September 16, 7:30-10:00 pm
Radisson/Valley Forge Convention Center
King of Prussia, PA
OCTOBER 2006
Workshop "Isn't It Romantic? Developing the Romance in Your Romance Novel"
New Jersey Romance Writers' Conference
Saturday, October 7, 10:00 am
RWA National defines a romance novel as "a central love story" with "an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." To be emotionally satisfying, the romance must be true both to what the reader knows and to what the writer has to say. Good love stories are universal (tap into the readers' shared emotions and experiences) and unique (use specific, significant details that belong to the story), This workshop explores how combining universal emotion and unique detail in seven essential romance components results in love stories that are believable, memorable ... and satisfying!
FEBRUARY 2007
Workshop "I've Got You Under My Skin - Deep POV"
New Jersey Romance Writers
Saturday, February 17, time and place TBA
OCTOBER 2007
On-line Workshop "Who's on Top? Intimacy, Conflict and Control"
Offered through Kiss of Death
Every satisfying love story charts both character growth and the growth of a
relationship. Using examples from bestselling authors, this workshop explores the
tension between the character arc and the romance arc; how men and women use
dialogue to seek status or establish connection; and the different ways the two sexes
negotiate the struggle for the right balance of intimacy and control.
MARCH 2008
On-line Workshop
Offered through Writer U
ALSO AVAILABLE
"Developing an Author/Editor Relationship" with Mary-Theresa Hussey
(Luna, Silhouette Books)
RWA National Conference 2003. Available on tape through the RWA website.
"It Had To Be You: Casting Your Characters"
RWA National Conference 2004.
Available on CD through the RWA website.
The casting director’s responsibility is to find actors who are right for the roles of a
particular production. What characters does your story need? How do you create
chemistry between them? Award-winning author Virginia Kantra discusses how to
use the requirements of different roles--heroes, heroines, antagonists, and
secondary characters--to build a strong, appealing cast and focus your story.
"Once More With Feeling: Adding Emotion, Making a Sale"
RWA National Conference 2001
"Pillow Talk: Using Dialogue To Enhance Romance" with Sabrina Jeffries
and Judith Stanton
RWA National Conference 2002
"Writing Ongoing Series" with Suz Brockmann and Josie Litton
RWA National Conference 2003. Available on tape through the RWA website.
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