Homewood Suites by Hilton Phoenix-Metro Center

2536 West Beryl Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, 85021, USA

May 20-21, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

40 Attendees Total

Discover the Secrets of Writing Success From Bestselling Author David Farland

Here’s What You Will Learn in this Two-Day, Intensive Workshop:

• How to Make a Great Living as a Top Fiction Writer—Find Out Why Some Authors Are Always Broke While Others Live Out Their Dreams
• Secrets to Writing a Best Seller Through Wide Audience Appeal
• Personal Insights Into “Why Your Readers Read” that Will Almost Magically Sell More Books
• A Simple Diagram which Reveals Exactly Why and When to Step on the Gas in Your Plot
• Dozens of Other Amazing Plot Power Tools You’ll Find Nowhere Else
• How to Avoid the Deadly Opening Flaws which Prevent Most Authors From Getting Published
• Virtually Unrevealed Techniques for Guiding Your Readers “Into the Rabbit Hole” as You Explore Your Story’s Mysteries
• Of All the Ways Your Story Could End, Learn Which Grand Finales Are the Most Powerful, Satisfying and will Keep Your Readers Coming Back For More
• Why Publishers Don’t Have Time to Edit Books Anymore and How to Make Sure Your Manuscript Shows Up at the Publisher Virtually Flawless
• Having Worked as a Hollywood Producer, David will Walk You Through Secrets to Selling Your Film Rights and How to Maximize Your Income on Any Movie
• Tips for Eliminating Writer’s Block and Other Obstacles so You Can Keep Turning Out those Golden Eggs
• Nearly a Dozen Inner Circle Secrets to Make Sure Your Books Hit on Best Sellers’ Lists
• How to Make Sure that Every Book Comes Out Better than the One Before
• The Four Most Vital Keys to Writing a Bestselling Book or Movie
• Five Techniques to Exploit an Intellectual Property in Hollywood and Around the World
• The Right Way to Introduce Yourself to Editors, Agents, and Movie Producers and How to Get Yourself in Front of Them
• Is Writing Really Your Easy Path to Wealth and Fame? The Truth About the T.V. Image of the Lavish Lifestyle of a Successful Author—Here’s How Success Can Be Achieved, But Don’t Buy Into Some Pipe Dream. It’s Real Work
• Writing Tricks that have Turned Struggling New Writers Like J.K. Rowling Into Global Sensations
• Why 98% of Wanna-Be Authors Fail . . . and much more!

David Farland Produces More Top Writers than Any Other Instructor—You Could Be Next!

David Farland is widely regarded as one of world’s best mentors for new writers. Some past student’s who have gone on to gain fame and fortune include #1 New York Times Bestseller Stephenie Meyer, #1 New York Times Bestseller Brandon Sanderson, New York Times Bestselling YA author Brandon Mull, New York Times Bestselling Science Fiction Author Eric Flint, and many more. Dave has an uncanny ability to spot that one or two weaknesses that a budding author needs to overcome in order to get published.

He’s published over fifty novels in science fiction, fantasy, and the historical field, including novels for adults, young adults and children. He has been a New York Times Bestselling author under both his writing name, David Farland, and his given name, Dave Wolverton. He holds the Guinness World Record for the largest single author signing. David worked for nearly a decade as coordinating judge for one of the world’s largest writing contests, but has also worked as a movie producer, and college writing instructor. Dave has also worked as a videogame designer and scripter. Dave has worked with a number of the world’s top intellectual properties, including Star Wars, the Mummy, Xena, and Starcraft.

Why this “Write That Novel” Seminar Is THE One For You

What makes the Write That Novel Seminar special is that an enormous amount of vital information is packed into a single weekend, so unlike other seminars you don’t have to miss time from work, use up your vacation days, and spend a fortune on hotels and food. But you have to stay sharp, David has honed his curriculum to the point that life altering mental leaps will be coming at you every few minutes. Feel free to bring a recorder or notepad, you’ll want to capture it all and review it. When David does one of these seminars, he says he feels limp like a wrung out rag afterward. His voice goes out for a few days. He often even gets sick and spends the following week in bed. He literally gives you his all. It’s explosive.

You’re Backed By Our Generous Guarantee:

After attending the entire event, you must feel richly rewarded by the wisdom you’ve gained. If you don’t feel that the Write that Novel Seminar was worth every penny, every minute and any effort you put in to get there, then simply ask David for a complete refund and you’ll receive it promptly and courteously. Yes, we realize that with such a guarantee so completely one-sided in your favor, some unscrupulous people could take advantage of us, but we’ll take that risk. We know that what we have to share with you is so pivotal to your success that you will be forced to agree, when you walk out the classroom doors, you’ll be enlightened, ready to launch your writing career to new heights and feel glad that you went. We know that you’ll happily be forced to admit it was well worthwhile.

Million Dollar Outlines

This is your chance to see David Farland live in Australia!

David Farland’s “Million-Dollar Outlines” seminar is designed help writers learn how to outline books and screenplays so that they will have a huge audience appeal. This is a key to raising your work from just being a commercial-quality book or movie to becoming a bestseller.

The workshop is open to everyone. You’ll learn the principles that will make your work more widely accepted and for a lot more money.

The material in this workshop does not overlap with David’s “Writing Enchanting Prose” workshop that will be held in Sydney, so you may want to sign up for both. Space is limited, so register soon!

Who Is Teaching and What Credentials Does He Have?

Dave is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling writer in two fields—science fiction and fantasy. He has written or edited nearly fifty novels and anthologies for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers, including young adult and middle-grade books for Star Wars, the Mummy, ad other franchises.

Beyond that, he has worked as a college creative writing instructor, a fiction editor, a videogame designer and scripter, as a movie producer, and as the lead judge for one of the world’s largest writing contests.

Some of his students have gone on to great fame, include Brandon Sanderson, #1 New York Times Bestselling of adult and young adult fantasy; Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times Middle-Grade Author; James Dashner, #1 New York Times Bestselling YA author; Dan Wells, Whitney Award Winning Young Adult Horror author; and Stephenie Meyer, #1 international bestselling author, and many more. Dave was also instrumental in discovering and promoting J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter.

As Dave Wolverton, he began his writing career in 1987 when he won the Writers of the Future Gold Award for his short story, “On My Way to Paradise,” and shortly afterward was given a three-novel contract by Bantam Books. His first novel spent several months on the Locus Science Fiction Best-seller List, and won a Philip K. Dick Memorial Special Award as one of the best novels of the year. Dave continued writing science fiction for the following ten years, writing several bestsellers among his own novels along with tie-in novels for major franchises, such as Star Wars and The Mummy, until at the end the decade he decided to follow his childhood dream of writing fantasy, and began writing also in that genre.

With the move to fantasy, he changed his writing name to David Farland, so as not to confuse his audience. His first fantasy novel, The Runelords, became a runaway hit around the world and has millions of readers. The third book in the Runelords series, Wizardborn, hit the New York Times best-seller list. Dave is now completing the ninth—and last—book of the series.

Over the years, Dave has won numerous awards for his fiction, including a Whitney Award for Best Novel of the Year, the Hollywood Book Award for Book of the Year, and the International Book Award for best young adult book of the year.

In 1999 he broke Guinness Record for the world's largest book signing.

Dave is currently a judge for one of the world's largest writing contests, the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future.

Dave has also worked as a videogame designer on such international hits as StarCraft's Brood War, and as a video game scripter.

In 2002 Dave went to work as a movie producer in Hollywood, raising millions of dollars for independent films. There he worked with screenwriters, directors and various studio heads, and has also worked as a screenwriter and greenlighting analyst.

Refund Policy for Writing Workshops

At times, people need to cancel from workshops due to circumstances beyond their control.

However, when this happens, it incurs some administrative costs. Furthermore, if a student withdraws too close to the workshop, we may have seats that cannot be sold—seats that have been held for months—and this does real damage to our ability to continue these services.

Therefore, if a student needs to back out from any workshop, the student may opt to apply all of the funds to a future workshop,

OR

The student may sell the membership to another writer

OR

If the student needs to withdraw in a timely fashion (60 days before the workshop) funds will be returned minus $25 for administrative costs.

If the student needs to withdraw within 30-60 days of the workshop, we will try to sell that student’s seat and still refund all monies, less $25 for administrative costs.

If the student needs to withdraw within 30 days of a workshop, it becomes too late to open a slot for another student, due to the time that is required for students to prepare. In these cases, none of the funds will be returned. At our sole discretion, exceptions to this policy may be made.