Amy and Wendy will be teaching two workshops: Romancing the Cone, and To Plot or Not to Plot, highlighting the Story Code System.

To Plot or Not by Wendy Folsom & Amy White

Who’s journey is this, and what is the deal with all these plot options anyway? Is plot a many-layered onion, a mountain, a heroic journey, a grid, an architect thing, or maybe something to do with a cat--and what about the need for character to trump it all? In this class you will learn how to see the hidden story beneath the surface, going beyond pedantic, or equally frustrating, pretentious plotting. Let’s get a handle on the inner workings of WHY plotting matters, WHEN do you pull it into play, HOW to do it right, for WHAT reason, and for WHOM.

Romancing the Cone by Amy White & Wendy Folsom

Level up your romance using the secrets found in FSNA Story Cone—before anyone else has access to this ground-breaking research and get that predictable emotional response from your audience! Learn what a configurative character structure is and how to apply these empirically proven dynamics that gets your writing noticed, whether you have a full blown romance, or if your drama happens to have a bit of the romantic vibe going. Value added bonus of learning how to apply it in a friendship, alliance, or other give and take relationship.