Description: Discover helpful techniques to write your novel. Learn essential elements of character, setting, plot, theme and dialogue. Find out how to revise and hone your masterpiece. For beginners or pros, this is an exciting and motivating workshop that will help you improve your storytelling skills. Don?t waste years trying to get your novel written. Learn secrets to avoiding writer?s block and write your novel once and for all! A $8 materials fee is payable at the first class. Victoria M. Johnson is a published author and filmmaker. Her published works include The Doctors Dilemma (Avalon Books), the nonfiction work Grant Writing 101: Everything You Need To Start Raising Funds Today (McGraw-Hill), and four other books. Her poetry appears in online literary journals and print anthologies. Victoria is both writer and director of four short films and two micro documentaries. She has presented workshops on writing in the Bay Area; Chicago; Washington, DC; Vancouver, Canada; and New York.