Every time Laurie's done an RWA National workshop, her tape has wound up on the audio best-seller list. Attendees say they appreciate her humorous, "every-minute-full" style of speaking...as well as her comprehensive handouts.

Laurie has ten workshops available for groups of any size, and they've drawn raves from authors ranging from beginners to multi-published veterans. You'll will find some of her most popular presentations below. You also can download and listen to excerpts from two of Laurie's best known workshops, Creating Your Hero's Fatal Flaw and Psychology of Creating Characters.

For information on these and other presentations, please email Laurie.




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Creating Your Hero's Fatal Flaw
The use of enneagrams, a psychological/personality tool, for developing likeable characters who will naturally come into conflict with each other...and with themselves. Creating plausible external AND internal conflicts based on each of the nine personality types' own "fatal flaw."



Psychology of Creating Characters
A look at the family dynamics, individual priorities, mind/body/heart types and Jungian personality scales that make your characters (and ALL the people in your life) behave the way they do, and how to make the adjustments needed for living "happily ever after."



Making Rejection WORK For You
Dealing with rejection can strengthen not only your writing skill, but also your mental health...with these tips for coping with ANY of life's roadblocks.




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