Killer Instinct - September

Title: Scene and Sequence/Plotting

Instructor: John Foxjohn

Class Description: A manuscript is like people, made up of many confusing parts and emotions, all blended together to grow up to a finished product. However, if parts of that manuscript or person miss some basic ingredients in the beginning, most times they fail to mature.
In people, those ingredients are morals—in a manuscript it is the scene.
In this class for both published and unpublished writers, John Foxjohn shows seven basic ingredients that all scenes need to help build characterization, setting, and what the scene should do for the entire story.
Also, the class will give an in depth look at scene and sequel as well as action and reaction.
John teaches an interactive class with student participation in a laid-back way that he believes is conducive to learning.

Instructor Bio: Best-selling author John Foxjohn epitomizes the phrase "been there, done that." Whether consciously or unconsciously, maybe one of the first authors he followed contributed to this.
Many years ago, John became afflicted with a disease he calls "readaholism." His addiction to reading led him to Louis L'Amour, and even today, he continues to reread books by this author.
Louis L'Amour had a diverse background before he began to write and John followed that path, born and raised in the rural East Texas town of Nacogdoches , he quit high school and joined the Army at seventeen. Viet Nam veteran, Army Airborne Ranger, policeman and homicide detective, retired teacher and coach, and now he is a multi-published author.
Although John writes an entirely different genre than Louis L'Amour, he followed the author's path by using his diverse background and meticulous research. Although John's novels are fictional, many readers believe they are true stories.
Like his favorite author, John creates characters that readers love and root for, not cardboard cutouts. John says, "Normal people have faults and strengths, they make mistakes and need to overcome them and other obstacles thrown in their path. People judge others by how they handle adversity. That's how I attempt to create characters." If you have read John's novels, you know that he is successful.
John hasn't yet reached the huge success of Louis L'Amour, but I wouldn't bet against him.
John is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Elements of Romance, Kiss of Death, Lethal Ladies, Sisters-in-Crime, East Texas Writers Guild, League of Texas Writers, and more online writing groups than he can count. He is a full time writer and speaker and lives in Lufkin , Texas , but travels extensively across the U.S.

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