Morning Masterclass 2027

Let’s Do the Twist!
Writing Surprise Endings That Wow Your Readers

Location: Elm
Duration: 4 hours – 8:00 am to noon MST
Class Fee: $99.00 

“Wulf Moon is a terrific writing teacher. In Let’s Do the Twist! you’ll learn how to create “Luke, I am your father” moments—especially in your endings—that blow the minds of readers. You’ll learn how to write surprise endings so powerful readers thwop their foreheads and say, “OMG! I never saw that coming!”

Wulf Moon shares his greatest secrets to help you create twisty winning endings that wow editors and judges and win awards. His proven techniques have helped dozens of emerging writers launch professional careers, including prestigious contest wins like Writers of the Future and the Mike Resnick Memorial Award. Sign up today to change your tomorrow! Your destiny awaits!

“As someone who has been teaching storytelling to a professional audience, I am grateful to have the opportunity to learn new tricks in Moon’s workshops that I have not seen taught anywhere else. Not only is Moon a charismatic and engaging educator, but he also takes an earnest interest in the progress of each of his participants. I am continuously awed by his authenticity and generosity. Going to a Wulf Moon workshop
means coming away with so much more than you could have possibly imagined.”—Ana Sun, UK educator and writer.

Register today—Moon’s masterclasses sell out!

Afternoon LTUE Masterclass 2027

Creating 3D Characters on a 2D Page:
How to Make Fictional People Feel Real

Location: Elm
Duration: 4 hours – 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm MST
In Person: $99.00

Many moons ago, we owned a boutique in the San Juan Islands and brought in an apparel line famous for tropical island themes. I asked their sales rep how this successful brand came about. The answer: a carefully crafted character.

The founders—two apparel professionals and their wives—invented this character while vacationing on the Gulf Coast of Florida. As they watched the sunset, they created a person to represent their Relax philosophy and named him Tommy Bahama. Then they asked one question repeatedly: Would Tommy wear this?

That meticulously defined character gave Tommy Bahama lifestyle definition that turned it into a luxury brand valued at $1.8 billion today.

But here’s the reality for writers: Your worlds may be brilliant. Your plots twist and turn. Yet editors, agents, and readers don’t connect with your characters. You get yet another rejection, another bad review.

Writers have always understood that characters readers can identify with—characters that feel real—create emotional attachment that lead to success. Harry Potter became a $35 billion media franchise. Bilbo and Frodo Baggins? $8.46 billion. James Bond? He’s worth $9.75 billion and has endured 75 years. Readers attach to characters and seek out stories about them because stories are about fascinating people that appear to be real.

The question isn’t whether characters matter. It’s this: What specific methods do successful writers use to make their characters feel so real that readers believe in them—even in impossible worlds?

In this masterclass, we’ll reverse-engineer great characters. You’ll discover the techniques successful writers use to craft multi-dimensional characters that resonate with readers, and in the end, you’ll be able to apply those methods to your own work.

Here’s what you’ll learn in this course:

1. Reverse engineering fictional characters you know and love to discover what makes them tick.
2. The struggle is real! How to put your characters behind the 8-ball from the start.
3. Wound Theory: Methods to give your characters depth through a convincing internal arc.
4. Mirroring real life characters: How to spy on people for authentic characteristics.
5. Trait paints: building character depth using MBTI descriptors as your foundation.
6. It's alive! Jolting your newest character with the spark of life to reveal them to the world.

Stop getting rejections for flat characters. Signup for this class and get ready to give your newest creations the spark of life that keeps readers hooked.