After spending nearly 20 years working as a national television producer in Hollywood, Stephanie teaches lessons she’s learned from screenwriting, acting, directing, editing and more to help fiction writers embrace the storytelling skills of Hollywood filmmakers to craft better stories.

Many writers want to write a novel, but they are daunted by how to conquer something so long and unwieldy. This workshop will help writers develop a plan for writing and FINISHING their novel.

Breaking down lessons from acting to help writers create better dialogue, character action, motivations, and stories. Perfect for any writer who wants to go deeper into character, but who does not want to study acting/get up on stage.

Overview of the issues specifically facing Historical Fiction writers: how to organize research, questions of artistic license vs. “fact”, avoiding stilted dialogue while being true to the time period, etc