Our mission is your publishing success.
Whether via our internationally acclaimed writing workshops, webinars, Inner Circle program, or a wide array of editorial services, we are known for our deep, thorough, and challenging approach to craft--and for helping thousands of writers reach their creative and professional goals.
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While a well thought-out beginning sets up expectations, and a satisfying ending resolves the story, an impactful middle is where the story happens. It is the main part of our story’s journey, shaping its direction. It introduces uncertainty, increases tension, heightens consequences, and undermines a character’s strength, challenging their deepest held beliefs. It shifts time and place and speaks to theme and the promise of the story. In this hands-on workshop, we will break down our middles and look at how character choices, subplots, secondary characters, motivations, goals, and conflicts can help us create well-paced, unmuddled middles that hold a reader’s attention and help our story’s unfold.
Log lines are more than just a necessity for your query. They define and elevate what makes your story heart-grip and matter. Go beyond generic formulae to discover what in your story is unique yet universal, urgent yet timeless, the core appeal that is the real reason everyone will want to read your novel.
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EDITING SERVICES
"I highly recommend Lorin's services to anyone who wants to take his or her writing to a new level. Lorin's expert advice and editorial comments pushed my manuscript from good to sellable. The result? A two-book deal at auction to Scholastic!"
Donna Cooner, author of SKINNY
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BREAKOUT NOVEL
"Don Maass's Breakout Novel Intensive was a life-changer. In one week, I learned more than I ever had in the two years it took to earn my MFA, and at a fraction of the cost. I plan to return again and again to these workshops. Thank you to the entire Free Expressions team for the best writing week ever."
Julia Greco
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STORY DEVELOPMENT
"When I signed up for a one-on-one weekend with Lorin, I had no idea she offered so much more than manuscript revision. She knew my story, my characters, and the heart of my story with such clarity and depth. With Lorin's intellect, love of story, and professional integrity, run don't walk to sign up."
Jo Cooper