MASTERING THE ART OF GREAT CONFLICT
October 6-November 3, 2024

We know that the wallflower makes the perfect heroine for the rake, that the vampire makes the perfect hero for the vampire hunter, that the thief makes the perfect match for the detective. These matches work because of their innate initial conflict, but what does that really mean? How do we build internal and external conflict and keep it alive for an entire book?

Join New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sarah MacLean for an intensive workshop on how to build and maintain great conflict and keep the pages turning as you write your next book.

This restructured 4-week class includes new materials and:

• A live two-hour presentation on building and maintaining strong, believable conflict in storytelling (live, Sunday, October 6th at 2pm et, recording available until November 3, 2024),

• A participant-only live roundtable with bestselling and award-winning authors Sophie Jordan, Angelina M. Lopez and C. Travis Rice, discussing the ways they build conflict in their books. Participants will be able to submit questions to the panel as part of the course (live, October 9, 8pm et, recording available until November 3, 2024),

• Eight additional text-based lessons/discussion prompts designed to go further in-depth on topics discussed in the class, available via a private class discussion board on Discord for 30 days. These lessons will include worksheets and exercises to help you rethink conflict in your own books,

• An opportunity to ask Sarah in-depth questions and discuss the content of the course for 30 days after the workshop is complete, through November 3, 2024, and

• A reading and resource list including all books and materials Sarah references in her workshop, provided by email and in the Discord community after the course.

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January 2025

Join New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance novelist Sarah MacLean for this two-hour live, online course covering everything you’ll need to start your romance novel today. The class will survey everything from creating high-concept ideas to building great characters, mining great conflict, and avoiding dreaded pitfalls. Most importantly, we’ll talk about keeping the pages turning and the words flowing as you write your first draft.

This course, which will run in January, includes an opportunity to ask Sarah your own questions about writing and one-month access to a video recording of the session.