What to bring to the TPL novel writing workshop this Thursday

This Thursday night is the last of our scheduled writing workshops. This workshop is full up; if you haven't registered for it by now, I'm afraid you won't be able to attend.  For those of you who have registered, please bring the following items:

• Pen and paper
• An outline or point-form summary of a novel project that you are working on or would like to work on
• An opening chapter or two, if you don't have a summary

We'll be exploring the following aspects of novel writing:

• How to plan and think about large projects such as novels
• Common places where a novel project can go off the rails
• The project cycle (revisiting Workshop 1's ideas)
• How to analyze your opening to make sure it's effective

Bringing an opening chapter or two will be useful for this last exercise.  I'll present a simple method for looking at the beginning of a novel critically.  Hopefully you'll find it useful.

I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday!