Ideas hit us all the time, but we don't always know how to turn those ideas into a novel, or what's the best way to develop those ideas. In this all-day workshop, sponsored by the Florida Heritage Book Festival and held at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library on Saturday, May 12, 2018, you'll learn multiple ways to break down your idea and turn it into a solid plan for your novel. You'll work with author, Janice Hardy, on exercises designed to help you:

• Brainstorm your idea
• Find your protagonist and antagonist
• Create compelling characters
• Find your core conflicts and use them to build your plot
• Develop your setting
• Determine the key turning points of the plot
• Discover your theme
• Find the right structure for your writing process

Janice Hardy is the award-winning author of the teen fantasy trilogy, The Healing Wars, from Harper Collins. She also writes the Grace Harper series for adults under the name, J.T. Hardy. When she's not writing fiction, she runs the popular writing site, Fiction University, and has written multiple books on writing.

The workshop is $85.00, including the workbook and lunch. Workshop registration is available online at the FHBF website: www.fhbookfest.com.