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Drop and Give Me Fifty: Writing Skinny and Sexy Prose offers the choice of a lecture or lecture and exercise workshop. In this workshop, we discuss how to write so your reader can’t stop reading. The key to this is putting your prose on a diet and then beefing up what’s left to create strong and exciting prose.
This workshop teaches how to:
- Identify and cut unnecessary words;
- Eliminate redundancy;
- Reduce adverbs and adjectives;
- Use strong verbs and nouns;
- Act out scenes with action, dialogue and details;
- Change passive voice to active.
The result? Skinny, sexy prose that grabs your reader and doesn’t let him go.
“I have never been to a workshop with more energy and more information. Sandy was so organized and answered every question thrown at her. Sign me up for the next workshop she leads.”
~ Feedback from a writer