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Do you remember the first novel you ever read that felt so vivid to you, after you finished reading, that it felt like one of your own memories? How do we as writers create something that will stay with our readers for years to come? What makes an author “successful”? These are the kinds of questions we’ll be wrestling with in this interactive 2-SESSION course. In the class we will:

• Examine the three characteristics that every good writer needs to be successful. (And come up with your personalized plan to grow as a writer.)

• Learn about the four elements of powerful fiction. (Spoiler alert: it’s not just about good grammar, flowery language, or a snappy elevator pitch.)

• Read some great contemporary examples of powerful fiction, discuss why they work, and write our own imitations so we can better understand the structure and style. (You might even come away with a bunch of new story/novel ideas.)

• Get one-on-one feedback from a seasoned professor and bestselling author about your writing.

Cynthia Hand is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including the Unearthly trilogy, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The How & The Why, and With You All The Way. She also writes the Jane books with fellow authors Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton, including My Lady Jane, which was recently released as a television series on AmazonPrime. Before turning to young adult and genre fiction, she studied literary fiction and earned both an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in fiction writing. She has been teaching fiction, poetry, and screenwriting at the university level from more than twenty years, most recently at Boise State University. She currently resides in Idaho with her husband and daughter, two cats, one crazy dog, and a mountain of books.