Are you interested in a writing workshop? I can offer two topics, either of which can be customized to more directly reflect audience interests.
No Free Rides! Write Descriptions that Work
We’ve all read those books where a character enters a room and what follows is a generic description that, at best, we hope is short. This hands-on workshop shows participants how to make description work so well that the reader will not be tempted to skip over it ‘to get to the good part’ of the story.
I lead participants through a fun sequence of sensory data-gathering and imaginative exercises, culminating in an opportunity to use the strategies they’ve learned to achieve a specific descriptive goal.
Getting from😴to😮: Tension & Pacing in Storytelling
This is a fun, interactive workshop that shows participants how to add tension to scenes, create empathy for characters, and build the story arc toward a satisfying conclusion.
I lead participants through a set of fun, stimulating exercises during which they learn to ‘play at the borders’ of imagination and discover how to enhance their own storytelling, no matter the genre.
I am an award-winning English professor (PhD in English with Specialty in Creative Writing) and author of the Zee & Rico mystery novels: Knife Edge and Dark Mirror, due out in January 2026. You can contact me at terri@terrimaue.com