Make your writing sparkle
There’s what you write … and then there’s how you write it. If you want readers to engage in your story, then you need strong style and tone in your writing. And, yes, you can learn how to do this!
Your style and tone need to match your characters and the genre you’re writing in. Why? Because readers have certain expectations and the wrong style/tone can put off readers.
This Focus On… Style and Tone is for you if:
- You want to develop a distinctive style and tone in your writing
- You’re aware that your style doesn’t quite work for your story
- You can’t quite get the tone you’re hoping to achieve
- You want to make your writing sparkle.
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[description] => In FOCUS ON... Style and Tone, Pamela dives deep into the elements of style and how it affects tone. She covers the most common mistakes new writers make, and shows you how to fix them so that your style enhances your storytelling, and your tone puts your readers in the right mindset to enjoy your plot.
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- A style that engages readers with your characters and encourages them to read on
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In this FOCUS ON seminar
Pamela focuses on how to use style and tone to match your characters and to enhance your storytelling. Each FOCUS ON seminar explores an important aspect of the art of writing – in an accessible and efficient way. The session consists of a 1 hour expert presentation plus an additional 30 minute Q&A – designed to entertain, educate and inspire you to improve your craft.
“What I found particularly helpful was having the differences and similarities between style and tone clearly clarified, how each relates to specific genres and sub-genres, and how to deepen POV simply by removing filter words.”
Debrah Kelly
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