digital workbook courses
Sharpen your story’s suspense with this stunning digital workbook course! With over fifty digital pages that you can type directly onto, this workbook will guide you through the methods you need to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Learn how to craft an “irresistible question,” how to raise stakes and hide clues, and how to use tools like foreshadowing, telegraphing, and dramatic irony to add suspense to any genre of story. You’ll need either PowerPoint or Google Slides (available with any free Gmail account) to use this workbook course.
“Your approach to characters has unlocked my story for me in a whole new way.””
Create a character with depth and complexity with this stunning, digital course! Your workbook will guide you through my process for creating layered characters readers will love to follow through any genre of story. You’ll take a deep dive into five important layers of enduring characters: Persona, Burden, Longing, Lie, and Wound. The pages are full of concrete, practical tips that will help you add depth to your heroes, villains, and minor characters.
Using either PowerPoint or Google Slides (available with any free Gmail account), you’ll type directly onto your digital pages. When you’re finished with the course, simply delete the instructional pages, and you’ll be left with a detailed guide to your character. Make a copy of your digital file so that you can use your workbook again and again to create multiple characters.
Use the Enneagram personality tool to create dynamic characters with this stunning, digital course! Start with one of the nine Enneagram personality types described in this notebook. Then, explore and create five layers of your character: Persona, Burden, Longing, Lie, and Wound. This workbook is a follow-up to The Five Layer Method, but the courses can be taken in any order.
Using either PowerPoint or Google Slides (available with any free Gmail account), you’ll type directly onto your digital pages. When you’re finished with the course, simply delete the instructional pages, and you’ll be left with a detailed guide to your character. Make a copy of your digital file so that you can use your workbook again and again to create multiple characters.
““I’ve been struggling for months to make any headway on my work-in-progress, but your approach to characters has unlocked my story for me in a whole new way. I’m finally feeling some story magic flowing again and I am super grateful.””
Make your characters more engaging and unique with this stunning, digital course! Learn how to create a hook for your character by combining traits from two essential categories: admirability and vulnerability. This workbook is a follow up to The Five Layer Method, but the courses can be taken in any order.
Using either PowerPoint or Google Slides (available with any free Gmail account), you’ll type directly onto your digital pages. When you’re finished with the course, simply delete the instructional pages, and you’ll be left with a detailed guide to your character. Make a copy of your digital file so that you can use your workbook again and again to create multiple characters.
Three self-paced courses presented in one stunning, digital workbook! The Five-Layer Method shows writers how to go deep into character and create layers that interconnect. The Persona workbook course helps writers create a hook for their characters by combining traits from two essential categories: admirability and vulnerability. The Enneagram workbook guides writers to create layered characters based on nine personality types.
Using either PowerPoint or Google Slides (available with any free Gmail account), you’ll type directly onto your digital pages. When you’re finished with the courses, simply delete the instructional pages, and you’ll be left with two detailed guides to your character. Make a copy of your digital files so that you can use your workbooks again and again to create multiple characters.
““I’ve officially given you 80% of the credit for getting me out of my block for a work-in-progess I’ve been writing and have recommended your workshops to all my writer friends.””
Digital Checklist Guides
Download this stunning, multi-page checklist PDF guide and start strengthening your novel’s first fifteen pages. You’ll learn how to hone five important elements that must hook readers, agents, and editors.
Seven colorful interior pages are packed with tips on characters, genre/tone, setting, tension, and voice/style.
Two stunning PDF guides bundled together!
Download these multi-page checklist guides and start strengthening your character’s introduction and your novel’s opening scenes. You’ll learn strategic ways to use your character's persona, appearance, flaws, strengths, and backstory to get your reader to immediately invest in your story.
The Surprising Plot
A four-week, self-directed workshop in which you’ll craft satisfying plot twists!
Make your story more suspenseful, unpredictable, and un-put-down-able. I’ll help you push your plots to be fresh, exciting, and full of twists so that readers remember your story long after they turn the last page.
Go at your own pace. Start the course as soon as you’d like and work your way through a series of audio and text lectures, project guides, and writing resources. You can choose to do the course week by week, finishing a series of projects as you go, or you can use the course materials at your convenience.
All writers are welcome. Whether you’re a beginning writer or an experienced one, this class will help you create memorable plot twists. My process will work for any age category or genre of fiction.
Here’s what the course covers:
Week 1: Finding Meaning in A Surprising Plot
The 3 Golden Rules for Crafting Surprising Plots | Using Surprises To Add Meaning To Your Work | The 4 Types of Surprising Plots | What Story Will You Tell and Why?
Week 2: Structuring For Surprise
What is Your Guiding Question? | How The Guiding Question Works In Your Plot | Surface Story Vs. Sub-Story | The Shape of The Surprising Plot
Week 3: Preparing Your Reader For Surprises
3 Ways To Plant Clues Without Giving Away Your Reveals | Providing A Parallel To Scaffold Your Surprise | Fulfilling and Subverting Expectations
Week 4: Crafting Satisfying Surprises
Centering Surprises On Characters | Increasing Impact With Reversals | Fulfilling and Subverting Expectations | Perfecting Your Reversals With Revision
Still not sure if the course is for you? Email Parker with any questions.
“Highly recommended. I constantly reference my notes from the course when I’m writing. An invaluable resource.” ”
Free Critique Checklist
Are you critiquing someone’s manuscript? Click the button to download a free checklist to guide your critique.
This two-page checklist will help you
mark plot holes, motivation holes, and world-building holes
evaluate important story elements
phrase your notes in a helpful way
give feedback in a variety of forms
free first chapter checklist
A beautiful, one-page checklist you can use for any first chapter or story opening.
Includes elements that fall under these categories:
character
setting
genre
voice/style
