Barbara Kyle's
"Writing Fiction That Sells"
Workshops on DVD

"A best-selling novelist, writing coach and teacher, and former actress, Kyle presents her material with clarity and humour, delivering solid information illustrated with examples from literature, film, and television."

Karen Alison
Writers & Editors Network
Toronto, ON

“If writing was a sport, “Writing Fiction That Sells” would be the coaching staff, providing strategies that result in a successful game plan. Your seamless integration of technique with literary references past and present offers writers both context and substance. “Writing Fiction That Sells” has quickly become one of my most important tools.”

Junior Lee Klegseth
Burbank, California

"Just finished watching. Wow. The directness of your presentation and illustrations clarified and focused the elements for me. I will replay this many times."

Robert Jones, Oakville ON

"Learning to write well is very much learning seamanship skills…you may capsize once or twice before you get the hang of it. Your DVD series 'Writing Fiction That Sells' is a fast track to navigating one’s ship. You have saved me from shipwreck disaster. Thanks.”

Rico Provasoli
San Rafael, California

"The DVDs have already helped! The weak spots in the story I'm working on popped right out at me as I watched your DVDs and took notes. As a side benefit your instruction pointed out ways I was on the right track. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge this way."

Barb Ritchie, Barrie ON

Many writers who have attended my workshops, seminars, and courses asked for something they could take home to refresh their memory about all they had learned, and to boost their inspiration.

In response I produced "Barbara Kyle's 'Writing Fiction That Sells' Workshops." The 4-DVD set is a distillation of the material I teach in my courses at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, the Haliburton School of The Arts, and in workshops I present for the Canadian Authors Association and many other writers organizations.

I'm sure these workshops will help you create stories that are both compelling and marketable, and I hope they will inspire you to achieve your personal best!

Barbara Kyle

Topics Covered on the DVDs

Each DVD focuses on an aspect of the craft of writing and selling your work: Structure, Character, Style, and Storylining plus Getting Published. There's also a bonus feature called "Staying the Course: Tales of a First Draft Survivor."

DVD 1 Structure

"7 Essentials of a Great Story"

• 3-act structure
• Inciting incident
• Escalating conflict
• Reversals and revelations
• Climax: from confrontation to resolution
• Overarching dramatic question
• Controlling idea

DVD 2 Character

"Inventing Lives"

• The empathetic protagonist
• Motivation: conscious desire
• Making us care: high stakes and close relationships
• Consistency and contradiction
• Characterization vs. "deep character": choice, change, and contrast

and "Staying the Course: Tales of a First Draft Survivor"

DVD 3 Style

"Your Story’s Voice"

• Creating worlds with words
• Showing vs. telling
• Mastering Point-of-View
• Writing dialogue
• "Psychic distance"
• 3 myths about writing

DVD 4 Storylining & Getting Published

"Building Your Book" & "The Business"

• The Storylining process
• Power research
• Revisions in 2 drafts
• What makes a novel marketable?
• How to format your manuscript
• How to find an agent
• How to query publishers and agents
• Tapping the mass market

How to Order

The price of the 4-DVD set is:

• $85 in US funds for US and International orders,
• $85 in Canadian funds for Canadian orders.

(These prices include handling, shipping
and taxes where applicable.)

1. Pay with a credit card on PayPal. It's quick, free, and secure. Just go to www.paypal.com and follow the steps to deposit $85 US or $85 Canadian to PayPal account "bkyle@barbarakyle.com." Enter your shipping information including telephone number. Your payment is your order!

OR

2. Print out and complete this mail in order form and mail your cheque payable to "Direct Response Video" or money order if ordering from outside Canada to:

Barbara Kyle
PO Box 5111
Penetanguishene ON L9M 2G3
Canada

Guarantee

If you're not completely satisfied, return the DVDs within 30 days of receipt of your order for a full refund of the purchase price.

Who is Your Teacher?

Barbara Kyle is the author of five novels published by Penguin Books and Warner Books, New York. She writes under her own name and under pen name ‘Stephen Kyle.’ Her novel BEYOND RECALL was a Literary Guild Selection and over 110,000 copies have sold. Her latest is THE EXPERIMENT, praised by Publishers Weekly as a "haunting thriller" with "nail-biting suspense." Barbara teaches creative writing courses for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, where she was nominated for the 2004-2005 Excellence in Teaching Award. She has presented workshops for many writers organizations. Before writing full time, Barbara enjoyed a 20-year acting career in television, film, and theatre.