Then I signed up for a
five-day writers’ seminar in Honolulu, which took place on July 19-23, 2014 at The Makiki Community Library. The seminar guru/sensei, William
Bernhardt, is the bestselling author of numerous books, including the Ben
Kincaid legal-thriller series. His Red Sneakers Writers Book Series, five
compact books in print and ebook format, go hand-in-hand with his seminars.
Once I committed to
attending a seminar for five days, I had to write a novel to present to the group for feedback and
critique. I made the decision to continue my Pepper Bibeau mystery series with
a fourth novel. I purchased Mr. Bernhardt’s Red Sneaker ebook series for kindle, and read each of the five books. Then I used the information from the first one, Story Structure:
The Key to Successful Fiction, to outline my manuscript.
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| See book link to Amazon below |
The five weeks preceding the seminar included
writing, researching, writing, eating, writing, and sleeping. It was my very own, intense
NaNoWriMo - all day - every day! My finished first draft contained 68K words, and was ready for
critique. During the five-day seminar, I received suggestions, ideas, and
direction from Mr. Bernhardt and the other seminar-ians (not theologists!) on ways to improve the
content.
Moving forward, I will use the
information from the other books in the series as a road map to complete and
edit the novel.
Are you planning to start/continue/finish
your novel this year? What is your process?
Link to William Bernhardt's Amazon Author Page:
Link to Story Structure by William Bernhardt
