Eddie Jones provides teaching and coaching services
for both new and established writers. As a Tilt 360
certified Writing Coach Eddie Jones helps writers refine
the craft of writing, map out writing projects, and set realistic
writing deadlines.
As a book acquisition editor, Eddie has a keen eye for evaluating
completed manuscripts and can advise clients on the marketability
of their work. He's helped clients place completed projects
with literary agents, book publishers, and magazine editors.
Eddie is a North Carolina-based writer, writing coach,
and book consultant. He is Acquisitions Editor of Lighthouse
Publishing of the Carolinas and has written over a hundred
articles that have appeared in 20 different publications and
is a three-time winner of the Delaware Writers Conference.
He's authored five non-fiction books and two novels. He has
taught writing classes from Pennsylvania and the Carolinas
to Colorado and Illinois. Eddie works with both fiction and
non-fiction clients in the areas of plotting, scene
development, character creation, dialogue, writing powerful
paragraphs, humor writing, devotional writing, mysteries,
ministry writing and how to launch your own radio show.
He has an English degree from NC State, with an emphasis in
journalism.
Watch Eddie's Blue Ridge Christian
Writer's Conference Interview
WRITING
CLASSES
Plotting
Simplified
In this class you'll learn how to map your story using
the plot points that mark every journey. From introduction
and motivation to the hero/heroine’s moment of maxim
angst, you’ll see how easy it is to develop a story
line and keep your characters on the path to a compelling
climax. Learn how to introduce the Great Disturbance,
what 4 Questions you should ask of
your plot, how to chart the 13 Passage Markers,
the 7 Keys to every good plot, why
Worry, Conflict and
Disaster spells success for the writer,
and how to introduce your Major Dramatic Question. Faculty: Eddie
Creating Compelling Characters
Compelling characters are larger than life. They risk
more, laugh often and love with passion. In this session
you’ll learn how to invent both likable and loathsome
characters, winners and losers, heroes and villains.
In this class you’ll learn how to build motivation,
focus flaws, and and explore the feelings
or your characters. You’ll see how conflict,
crisis and consequences
shape your characters. We’ll show you how to find the
right character for your story, motivate your hero and
heroin, and how the "off-beat sidekick" can provide
comic relief for your story.
Faculty: Eddie
Been
There, "Scene" That!
Making a scene is as easy as ABCD
– Action, Background,
Conflict & Decision.
In this class you’ll learn how to frame each scene of
your story. A good scene reveals information that moves
the story forward (new goals, old secrets,
hidden motives), shows conflict
between characters (adds tension), deepens
the character’s development, and creates
suspense (introduces a new wrinkle that leaves the reader
hanging). Learn the three keys to scene summary, how
to create memorable moments in your story, what 4 questions
you should ask of each scene.
Faculty: Eddie
Dramatic
Dialogue
Dialogue can breathe life into any fiction or non-fiction
story. In this class we cover: Scene & space
– A scene is: Doing (Action) Thinking
(Narrative) and Talking (Dialogue).
Tools– A writer has a number of tools
for story building: narration, action, description,
and dialogue Stickiness – How dialogue
sticks with us Tags – When to tag,
when to skip tags & where to place tags Types
- Direct, Reflective, Misdirected, Modulated, Descriptive,
Breathless, & Compressed Tips –
When to circle back, go silent, & add gestures Punctuation
– Where to put those marks and quotes.
Faculty: Eddie
Seriously
Funny Writing
If you’ve ever wanted to make your point with a punch
line, then let us show you how. Yes, there is a formula
to funny. In this class we’ll explain why we laugh,
explore the basics of humor and lay the foundation for
witty writing. You’ll learn how oddly-paired elements
can lead to laughs, the power of play on words, how
a well-turned reverse can deliver a surprising bite.
This session covers the eight major theories of why
we laugh, including surprise, superiority, ambivalence
and release. With humor, a joke is a story and a surprise
ending is always the final act.
Faculty: Eddie
Turning
Personal Experiences into Parables Writing Devotions
for Impact
In this class, you will learn how to write devotions
for church newsletters, periodicals, websites and books.
A devotional ministry can complement the advancement
of a building campaign, mission work and church projects.
Learn how to draw readers in with the “Hook,
Book, Look, Took” method of writing a devotion.
For some, a devotion may be their only Bible for the
day, so let us help you touch hearts, teach His Word
and change lives.
Faculty: Eddie
MARKETING
CLASSES
SPEAK
UP! Launch Your Own Radio Show
Are you looking to expand your platform? One of the
fastest growing segments of marketing is web-based radio.
It’s live, the shows are archived and best of all, it’s
free! In this class we’ll show you how to set up your
virtual studio, send out press releases, invite guests
to be on your show and build your audience. Using our
Blog Talk Radio Top Ten Secrets to Success,
we can help build your brand through FREE RADIO!
Start Podcasting today!
Faculty: Eddie
Marketing is Murder - 10 Ways to Jump Start Your Book
Launch
In this class we'll reveal the top ten ways you can
create buzz for your book for little or no money. From
casting your readers as characters, to virtual book
signings, we'll show you how to incorporate Skype, cell-phone
videos, and YouTube technology in your next book launch.
We'll show you how selecting a cause or charity can
drive media interest in your book.
Faculty: Eddie
Top Tips for Getting Great Book Reviews
Book reviews are a great way to enhance your credibility
and give your readers confidence in your writing: especially
if your book is published by a micro-press and lacks
wide-range distribution. But it takes more than great
content alone to catch a critic's eye. In this class
we'll show you how to great book reviews.
Faculty: Eddie
Amazing Results with Amazon
In this class we'll show you how to create buzz
for your book using your Amazon account. Topics
include: Kindle submission, how to create
that "Search Inside" feature
for your book, ways to improve your Amazon author
profile page, how to add blog links to
your profile page, how to upload a book trailer
to your book's Amazon page, ways to garner positive
Amazon reviews and much more.