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Creating Protagonists & Antagonists (Learn More)

  • Friday, March 08, 2024
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Zoom Online

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  • Premium Membership includes free entry to all General Meetings, In-Person Workshops and Online Labs for the year. You must be logged in to select this option. You will receive an invitation to the Zoom online meeting after you have registered and payment is complete.
  • Standard and Student members are provided a la carte access to Online Labs at the Member rate of $55. You must be logged in to select this option. You will receive an invitation to the Zoom online meeting after you have registered and payment is complete.
  • Non-Members pay $110 for each Online Lab. Please note that if you choose to join the Guild before registering for this event you will pay a $75 Membership fee, and then attend this event for $55 (50% discount). You will also gain all the benefits of membership in the Guild including 50% off future Online Labs and 50% to 65% (Early Bird) off In-Person Workshops. You will receive an invitation to the Zoom online meeting after you have registered and payment is complete.
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Announcing our next Online Lab

Creating Protagonists & Antagonists
Margaret Lucke



About Margaret Lucke

Margaret Lucke flings words around as a writer and editor in the San Francisco Bay Area. She writes tales of love, ghosts, and murder, sometimes all three in one book. She is the author of four novels—House of Desire, House of Whispers, Snow Angel, and A Relative Stranger (an Anthony Award finalist)—and is the editor of Fault Lines, a short story anthology from the Northern California chapter of Sisters in Crime. She is a former president of Mystery Writers of America NorCal.

Margaret has also published two how-to books on the craft of writing and more than 60 short stories, feature articles, and scripts for mystery weekends. For many years she has taught fiction writing classes for UC Berkeley Extension and other venues.
Visit her at www.margaretlucke.com
and https://www.facebook.com/Margaret.Lucke.Author/


Description of talk:

Worthy Opponents: How to Create Memorable Protagonists and Antagonists
 
What you will learn:

  • Find the conflict that lies at the heart of any story.
  • Learn to create a worthy opponent for your protagonist.
  • Subtle techniques for your protagonist to prevail without telegraphing the ending.
  • How to create someone readers will root for to succeed and someone who will put that success into doubt.
  • How do you make these adversaries so compelling that their contest will keep readers turning the pages?

Location: Zoom Online

To receive a full refund minus a $25 cancellation processing fee, attendees must cancel their registration 5 days before the event. No refunds will be given after that time. To cancel your registration, go to palmspringswritersguild.org and click on the blue icon at the top right of any page. Enter user name and password and click "LOG IN". On the next screen click "My event registrations". Select event and cancel registration.

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Event Contact: Ariella Moon
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