Location: United States
Member Since: April 09, 2011

Bill Johnson


Biography

Bill Johnson is author of A Story is a Promise and The Spirit of Storytelling, a writing workbook, and web master of Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing, a site that explores principles of storytelling through reviews of popular movies, books and plays (www.storyispromise.com). He's taught writing workshops around the U.S. He has read manuscript submissions for literary agents. His afterlife play, The Baggage Handler, was chosen as one of the best ten minute plays and published by Smith and Kraus. Bill is currently office manager for Willamette Writers, a Pacific Northwest non-profit writing group with 1,600 members.

Where to find Bill Johnson online

Website: http://www.storyispromise.com
Twitter: bjscript
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://astoryisapromise.blogspot.com/

Where to buy in print

http://www.storyispromise.com

videos

Twillight: Question, Answer, Question
Bill Johnson speaks about the process that successful authors use to engage and draw in readers, a process he call question, answer, question.

Books

Mastering Story Structure - A guide for writing unforgettable plays    by Bill Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 22120 words. Published on January 27, 2012. Plays.
Bill Johnson uses reviews of Romeo and Juliet, The Heidi Chronicles, Death of a Salesman, Hamlet, and The Iceman Cometh to teach the art and craft of writing powerful plays. Using this guide, you'll be able to learn about writing plays from masters of the craft.
Deep Characterization    by Bill Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 15010 words. Published on December 20, 2011. Nonfiction.
Deep Characterization explores the difference between characters created to act out a story for an audience and characters created to act out a writer's internal dramas. A story written for an audience is a promise to take that audience on a story journey; a story written for the writer's own needs is a promise to transport him or her to the fulfillment of personal needs.
A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling    by Bill Johnson
Price: $3.50 USD. 75650 words. Published on April 9, 2011. Nonfiction.
A Story is a Promise offers a deep look into the mechanics of how to tell a story and how a story engages and rewards the attention of an audience. Examples are used from popular books, movies, and plays. The Spirit of Storytelling focuses on how writers can transcend their personal issues when they write and give story characters fully realized internal lives.

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