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Crafting a Young Adult (YA) Romance Novel

Published by Frances Denny on May 22, 2024

Duration: 2 hours

Where: Heart of Bays Community Centre, Browns Bay, Meeting Room 2, 1st Floor

Facilitator: Frances Denny is a writer of young adult paranormal romance. She is signed with New York literary agency, Arc Literary Management. Her latest manuscript was a finalist in the Page Turner Awards.

Cost: $20

Outcomes:

1. Discover how to harness the YA voice.

2. Master the structure of romance, the way the industry wants.

3. Analyse some examples of YA writing and discuss what makes them YA.

There will be a five-minute break in the middle, where I’ll provide juice, water and biscuits.

What you will need:

· A pen or pencil.

To sign up, visit Eventbrite here.

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Crafting a Young Adult Romance

Published by Frances Denny on January 20, 2024

Cost: $40
When: Saturday February 3rd
Time: 10am – 12pm
Where: Heart of Bays Community Centre, Meeting Room 2 (first floor), 2 Glen Road, Browns Bay, Auckland, New Zealand 

Frances Denny is signed with a New York literary agency. Her latest manuscript was a finalist in the Page Turner awards, and is currently out on submission. In this workshop, she will be drawing on her research and industry experience to take you through the craft of young adult romance writing.

This will include:

  1. Learning what romance is, and what qualifies as romance
  2. Knowing the key differences between “adult” and young adult “YA” romance
  3. Discovering how to harness the YA voice
  4. Mastering the structure of romance
  5. Analysing some examples of YA writing and discussing the techniques

If you are an aspiring YA romance writer living in Auckland, please consider signing up to this workshop. To sign up, send me an email at francestroubler@gmail.com, and put in the subject line, Crafting a Young Adult Romance Workshop. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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