Welcome to Story Shaping Workshops, offered by Free Expressions Seminars and Literary Services.
For more than a dozen years, Free Expressions has provided comprehensive editing and story evaluation services for writers in all genres of fiction, from bestselling authors to talented beginners. We're also the proud co-creators of the acclaimed Breakout Novel Workshops, with literary agent Donald Maass, as well as other educational offerings.
Our mission is to support, educate and empower writers. As such, we're
thrilled to offer new personalized workshops, geared toward helping writers
shape their novels--from inspiration to completion.
While we won't plot your book for you, we will guide you through the process of making the best, most dramatic choices for your characters. If you're stuck, we'll help you get unstuck. Over the course of an intensive weekend, we'll give you the tools you need to succeed, whether your story is in its infancy or mired in revision limbo.
Whether held in a luxury spa or in your own home, our workshops will help you create a deep, complex, and potent work of fiction, with psychologically rich characters, compelling settings, a sharp voice, and overall concepts, goals and stakes meant to heighten your project's commercial and artistic success.
Each workshop is personalized to suit your needs. Click on one of the links above for a description of each workshop. They are meant to provide a general sense of the work that we'll do together. In every case, we'll talk with you ahead of time and read portions of your work (if available) in order to come up with the best plan and tools to fit your specific situation.