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Workshop Master the Three Act Structure
Instructor: Stephen Rogers. During the length of this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of three-act structure and how to use this structure to write better books. Lesson 1 - Introduction to the three-act structure Lesson 2 - The inciting incident Lesson 3 - Act I and the Act I climax Lesson 4 - Act II and the Act II climax Lesson 5 - Act II and the midpoint Lesson 6 - Act III and the Act III climax Lesson 7 - Tuning your plot points Lesson 8 - Creating an ending that sells your next book
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REGISTRATION:	Click here to Register for $25 (Non-Savvy Member Rate.) JOIN TODAY to take this workshop for only $15! If you are a current Premium member of Savvy Authors, please log into the website before registering for this workshop.
WHO:	Derringer winner Stephen D. Rogers is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. He judged the Daphne du Maurier (published category) for the Romance Writers of America, Mystery/Suspense Chapter, for three years and has written columns and articles for Dabbling Mum, Writer's Digest, and Writing World. He teaches or has taught for RWA-KOD, Writers College, and WritersUniv. Over five hundred of his stories and poems have appeared in more than two hundred publications. His collection, SHOT TO DEATH (ISBN 978-0982589908) was released by Mainly Murder Press in Feb, 2010.

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