The Manuscript Academy will host me again for a live online craft class, Anatomy of a Confrontation (with playback available). Description:

Our kindergarten teachers taught us to play nice, but then we grew up and our writing teachers told us to raise the heat on conflict. What’s a nice writer to do? Confronting another person takes courage. How can we help our characters to muster that courage, and what form will it take?

In this session, we will slowly unpack a confrontation scene from Elizabeth Bowen’s novel The Death of the Heart, exploring the battle tactics used in a pivotal argument. Perhaps what is important is not why characters fight, but how. The confrontation scene is a great way to reveal aspects of character that are otherwise invisible—and perhaps discover mettle (or vulnerability) you did not know was there.

Keep an eye on this space for more details!