Writing About the Lives of Women

Women readers buy more books concerning the lives of ordinary (on the outside) as well as extraordinary women.  

With small, interactive workshops, Agent/Editor, Toni Lopopolo, is able to give personal attention to each writer, working to strengthen writing skills and sharpen important writing techniques. With over thirty years of book publishing experience, Toni developed a workshop format limited to no more than six attendees. Students receive personalized instruction and editing. You’ll learn the all-important skill of self-editing plus how to revise, develop, and structure novels, or nonfiction stories, that tell engrossing dramas which today’s readers welcome.

Unlike college courses, or conference classes, in four sessions per workshop, Toni will show you how to craft your story, create the best structure through the BEATS necessary to carry your plot to a resonating finish. Come to this workshop prepared to work.

Toni will help you:

• Find which genre dovetails with your own strengths and writing style
• Create REAL main characters who ring true on the page
• Develop a unique VOICE for each of the main characters
• EVOKE rather than describe
• NEVER violate the all-important point-of-view
• Write CHARGED dialog that’s NEVER conversation
• Develop unique CONFLICT that creates ongoing tension
• Become aware of your “habit” words
• “Listen” to your own writing

Plus so much more including the all-important reading list of books needed. Make your story rise to the standard today’s agents, publishers, and readers, demand.

Each workshop limited to six writers who must submit the first five pages of their first chapter before acceptance.

If these dates or location don’t work for you, please contact Toni for other options.