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Four ways to see your story differently this November

Published about 12 hours ago • 2 min read

Sometimes the next step in your writing is learning a new craft technique. Sometimes it’s seeing your manuscript from a completely different angle. And sometimes it’s simply finding a way back into the work.

This November at Sibyl Writing Craft, four upcoming webinars offer four different ways to move your writing forward—from mastering dual timelines and discovering new material to rethinking revision and exploring your story’s potential for the screen.

Here’s what’s coming up:

This Wednesday! Reserve your spot today!

Wednesday, November 4 • 1–2:15pm PT

Writing Dual Timelines

With Karen Nelson

Writing across two timelines can deepen suspense, create emotional resonance, and reveal powerful connections across time—but making both narratives equally engaging takes careful craft.

Novelist Karen Nelson will break down the essential mechanics of dual-timeline fiction, including structure, pacing, narrative voice, and seamless transitions between storylines.

​LEARN MORE & REGISTER →​

Wednesday, November 11 • 11am–12:15pm PT

The Story You Keep Meaning to Write

with Jamie Leigh Lorente

Bring an idea, a memory, or the project you can’t quite find your way into.

Sometimes the story is there—you just need a different way to reach it.

In this guided writing webinar, Jamie Leigh Lorente will help you move past your inner editor, make unexpected creative connections, and discover new material on the page.

You’ll leave with writing you can continue developing, take-home prompts, and a simple 6-minute practice you can return to whenever you need fresh momentum.

​FIND YOUR WAY INTO THE STORY →​

Saturday, November 14 • 10–11:15am PT

See Your Story with Fresh Eyes: Nine Ways to Revise and Strengthen Your Novel or Memoir

with Christine Walker

Using her Nine Ways approach, Christine Walker will invite you to look at your manuscript through nine essential elements of storytelling—from voice, character, place, and plot to emotion, imagery, and theme.

Whether you’re midway through a manuscript or returning to a completed draft, this webinar will help you see your work differently, recognize new possibilities, and revise with greater intention.

​SEE YOUR STORY WITH FRESH EYES →​

Tuesday, November 17 • 11am–12:15pm PT

From Book to Screen: Writing the Cinematic Story

with Jamie Leigh Lorente

What is the film or television story hiding inside your book?

Adapting a novel or memoir for the screen isn’t simply a matter of shortening the manuscript or turning prose into dialogue. It means identifying the emotional heart, central conflict, dramatic structure, and visual possibilities that make a story cinematic.

In this introductory webinar, Jamie Leigh Lorente will help you recognize your story’s potential for film or television—and show you how screenwriting techniques can strengthen your storytelling on the page, too.

​DISCOVER YOUR STORY’S CINEMATIC POTENTIAL →​

Wherever you are in your writing, there’s a way forward.

Come with a manuscript, an unfinished project, an idea—or simply the desire to see your work differently.

We hope you’ll join us.

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Can’t attend live? All Sibyl Writing Craft workshops and webinars are recorded, and registrants receive the Zoom recording within 24–48 hours after the session.

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