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The Muse and the Marketplace begins this Friday, May 10! Attendee schedules are now frozen for printing; if you did not sign up for sessions in advance or wish to make a change, never fear: you’ll be able to join sessions on the fly as well by checking in with the Session Manager at the door. For completely full sessions, the Session Manager will use their discretion on whether additional seating and/or standing room will be available per fire code. We cannot wait to host you at the Boston Park Plaza for an incredible weekend ahead!
Friday, May 10 • 3:30pm - 4:30pm
The Dynamics of Opposition: Getting the Best Plot Out of Your Protagonists
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When working on our stories, we need to create meaningful challenges for our protagonists. Many times, however, we don’t create enough of them. Or those challenges lack the complexity needed to bring out your protagonist’s real character. Good news is: this issue can be solved by digging into the negative side of our stories as well as the protagonist’s perspective. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore how to generate obstacles that challenge our protagonist in effective and engaging ways. Come with a one- to two-sentence description of your story. Be ready to work on an exercise where you will create obstacles that can be employed throughout your manuscript. We will discuss the results of the exercise and review the tools we’ve employed to create the type of opposition necessary to make a compelling plot.
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Desmond Hall

Desmond Hall was born in Jamaica, West Indies, and moved to Jamaica, Queens. He’s the author of YOUR CORNER DARK, a YA novel that was one of Bank Street’s Best YA novels of 2022, a finalist for the New England Book Award, A Nominee for the Yalsa audio book award, Essence Magazine’s... Read More →

Friday May 10, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
White Hill
  Fiction

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