This isn't so much a review about any particular one of Margie Lawson's courses, but a general gush about her wonderful no-nonsense approach to writing. My first Margie moment came when I downloaded her lecture packet about Empowering Characters' Emotions. One revelation after another fired in my brain, so I figured I'd try one of her online courses.
Believe me when I say Margie takes her job seriously. Once you register, you become one of her online family for a month. She'll lavish attention on you, encourage a community spirit that's been missing in other writing workshops I've taken, and teach you honest writing skill. No, I'm not talking grammar rules, intricacies of punctuation, or spelling. And despite her ability to quickly grasp your plot, she won't pontificate about scene/sequel or goal/motivation/conflict either. Not that these aren't vital to an author's success, they're just not the focus of Margie's workshops.
Margie will teach you how to write, how to tap into your talent and drag those rare skills you never knew you possessed to the surface. She'll show you how to create a balance between background info, feelings and dialogue, hone your ability to render true-to-life moments, bust clichés or turn them on their heads, and most of all, to have fun with language.
By the end, you'll use literary devices such as alliterations to great effect, harness the power of three, and steal your readers' breath by evoking the most visceral emotions.
I'm not affiliated with Margie Lawson. Each course I have taken and re-taken was paid for by me, and paid for in the confident knowledge every cent is well spent. As far as I can tell, hers are the only workshops that focus on the most basic, and most neglected, tool in our writer's toolbox. How to be a wordsmith.
If you know of other great courses on language for fiction writers, please get in touch. In any case, my rating:
5/5
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