{"id":23546,"date":"2017-11-02T18:31:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2017-11-02T18:31:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:31:51","slug":"come-break-the-rules-with-me-in-a-class-on-sunday-with-cat-rambo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23546","title":{"rendered":"Come break the rules with me! (in a class. on Sunday. with Cat Rambo.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consider this your invitation: start (or continue) to Break the Rules with me in less than three days! After Daylight Savings Time is over and the clock falls back, I hope\u00a0you’ll spend some time\u00a0with\u00a0Cat Rambo<\/a>, me and your writing this\u00a0Sunday, November 5th at 9:30am PST\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Breaking<\/a>Break the Rules!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tell, don’t show. Dump your information. Write in second person. Write in passive voice. Use adverbs. To heck with suspense.<\/p>\n

Rules mark what’s difficult, not what’s impossible. There’s a whole range of exciting storytelling possibilities beyond them. Not every story needs to be in second person, but when it’s the right voice for the right story, it can be magic. The right information dump, written perfectly, can become a dazzling gymnastic feat of beauty, fascination and horror.<\/p>\n

“Break the Rules!” will teach you inspirations and techniques for rowing upstream of common knowledge. You can break any rule–if you do it right.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Register by mailing Cat Rambo at cat AT catrambo.com and specifying whether you would prefer to pay by Paypal or by check.<\/p>\n

The cost for a single session live workshop is $99 for new students; $79 for students who have formerly taken a class with Cat (or Rachel). Classes are taught via Google Hangouts; all you need is a computer with a microphone and reliable Internet connection, but a webcam is suggested.<\/p>\n

(At least a few secrets: If you register for this class, you’ll be able to learn from all of the other storytellers going first. If sign up for my newsletter, you can learn about\u00a0when I’m teaching<\/a>\u00a0next. If you support my Patreon<\/a>, you can learn what and where I’m writing first.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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