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No matter who you are, you have a story to tell.
Have you ever wanted to write your life story but not known where to start? Have you ever been curious about how your fiction could transform by writing what you know? If so, this writing-prompt-packed workshop was designed just for you.
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Mining your life for authentic characters/people
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Mining your life for emotions that ring true
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Mining your life for action and plot ideas
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Mining your life for vivid places and settings
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Mining your life for telling your truths
Ready? Let's do this.
Lessons can be completed on your own schedule.
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Welcome & Overview from Kris
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#1 - Mining Your Life to Capture Authentic Characters/People on the Page
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#2 - Mining Your Life to Capture True Emotions
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#3 - Mining Your Life to Capture Complex Plot Ideas
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#4 - Mining Your Life to Capture Specificity & Vivid Settings
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#5 - Finding the Balance & Weaving it All Together
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#6 - Mining Your Life, Closing Ideas & Secrets
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Additional Resources
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Post-Class Survey
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About this course
- $49.00
- 9 lessons
- 1 hour of video content
Past webinar attendees are saying...
“I am blown away by the depth of content she presented.”
online course attendee, 2022
“Very thought provoking.”
online course attendee, 2022
“Crisp, entertaining, and helpful. As a former corporate writer, I’m learning that fiction is a very different animal. Thanks for showing me some ways to get a saddle on that animal.”
online course attendee, 2022
“Kris Spisak was the best prepared, most useful, and clearly an expert in the field.”
online course attendee, 2021
“I really enjoyed the presentation, especially the exercises to actually edit a manuscript!”
online course attendee, 2021
“She made me excited about going back and reworking...”
online course attendee, 2021
“Valuable information, takeaways, and ah ha moments!”
online course attendee, 2021
You've heard, "write what you know,"
but seizing the truth of this idea can be transformational for your storytelling—whether you're writing for greater audiences, your family records, or just yourself.
Instructor
Kris Spisak
Kris Spisak wrote her first book, Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused (Career Press, 2017; Harper Collins India, 2020), to help writers of all kinds sharpen their storytelling and empower their communications. Her “Words You Should Know” podcast, Grammartopia® events, and Story Stop Tour programs follow the same mission, as do her second and third books, The Novel Editing Workbook (Davro Press, 2020) and The Family Story Workbook (Davro Press, 2020). Her debut novel, The Baba Yaga Mask (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, 2020) was called "A complex, poetic tale" by Kirkus Reviews.
Kris has always had a fascination with the ways one can capture an audience with language—from telling a captivating story to knowing the rules of grammar. When not working on her own projects, she is an active speaker, workshop leader, and fiction editor. Learn more at https://kris-spisak.com
