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.
Coming Up…
Lights. Camera. Rewrite. In this fast-paced, no-nonsense workshop, award-winning director and writer Roman White shows novelists how to steal from the filmmaker’s playbook to make their prose leap off the page.
Learn how to frame scenes, block characters, control emotion like a lens, and cut your prose with an editor’s eye for pacing. Whether you write romance, horror, or literary fiction, you’ll walk away with a director’s toolkit for crafting immersive, visual, can’t-look-away stories.
What happens in a story is different from what a story is about. Let's explore how a story's plot and a story's theme intersect and diverge to create and sustain reader engagement and investment. Workshop features readings and exercises to inform your own work.
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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