Develop a Plot Clock with Joyce Sweeney

Online, Writing Workshop. Joyce Sweeney was born plot-challenged. As a result, about four books into their career, they had to take drastic action and find a way to fix this! Studying screenwriting was one piece of the puzzle. Book reviewing and analyzing plots helped. Partnering with Jamie Morris in Next Level Workshops polished it up and finally The Plot Clock was born. The Plot Clock is a flexible template that can really serve as a great roadmap for whatever type of story you’re working on. In this interactive presentation, you will learn about plot clocks, how they can help you develop your stories, and practice making one of your own. Joyce will take you for a spin around the clock with your own work-in-progress and show you that all you have to do is follow the yellow brick road and your ‘quiet’ story will turn up the volume, raise the stakes and deliver the emotions your readers want. Joyce Sweeney is an author and literary agent for The Seymour Agency. They are a member of AALA and rank 48 in the Publishers Marketplace Top 100 Kidlit agents, #7 in Picture Book Non-Fiction. They have written fourteen young adult novels, many of which have won awards. They are also the author of two chapbooks of poetry. They are currently working on historical novels. Joyce was a creative writing teacher, mentor, and coach for over 25 years. They also published a plotting how-to book, Plotting Your Novel with The Plot Clock (Giantess Press, 2019). At this writing, they have successfully mentored 78 writers to traditional publishing contracts. In 2020 Joyce joined The Seymour agency, and represents picture books, middle grade novels and non-fiction, and graphic novels. Their hobbies are theater, collecting illustration art, and animal causes of all kinds. They live in Coral Springs with their husband, Jay and cat, Nitro. Please visit https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/joyce-sweeney/ for more information about Joyce. This workshop is on Zoom and registration is required. Please click here…