Build a Better Novel -- $109
Howard County Community College
To register, call (410) 772-4825 or http://coned.howardcc.edu/index.html
There are five key elements to salable fiction. Do you know what they are? Professional editor and writer Ally Peltier shares learned-the-hard-way tips, tactics, and tricks of the trade to help you sell, regardless of genre or skill level. She'll show you what editors and agents want...and what they don't want. An experienced instructor, she is an editor, writer, and publishing consultant for individuals and businesses such as Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kaplan Publishing and more. Learn more at www.ambitiousenterprises.com.

Thu 7pm-9pm/Jan 21-Feb 25/#7327 XI 323 6612/Centennial High School

Writing Primer: Learn the Basics -- $47
Anne Arundel Community College
To register call 410-777-2325 or visit http://www.aacc.edu/noncredit
In this workshop for beginners or more intermediate writers looking to brush up on their writing skills, we'll review the fundamental elements of story: plot, point of view, character development, description and setting, dialogue, and voice. We will also discuss some useful habits to acquire and build up your writer's toolbox with new techniques and writing exercises designed to spark your creativity, give valuable insight into the writing process, and help you develop and deepen your works in progress.

Course number WRG-389. February 28, 1pm-7pm.

NOTE: the AACC website lists this same class as running on Saturday, Feb. 27. That session has been cancelled.