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Desde el bloqueo del escritor hasta los giros equivocados y los callejones sin salida, son muchos los obst\u00e1culos que un autor puede encontrar sin un enfoque s\u00f3lido y bien planificado. En este taller, el aclamado autor Howard Shrier comparte los m\u00e9todos que le permitieron asegurar un contrato de dos libros con Random House Canada y ganar el premio de Crime Writers of Canada a la Mejor Primera Novela (Buffalo Jump, 2008). Te guiar\u00e1 a trav\u00e9s del proceso de investigaci\u00f3n y construcci\u00f3n de una historia bloque por bloque \u2014antes de que comiences un borrador\u2014 lo que te permitir\u00e1 imaginar las posibilidades m\u00e1s salvajes para tu historia. Compartir\u00e1 historias de sus \u00e9xitos \u2014y fracasos\u2014 antes de dar con un proceso que funcion\u00f3 cada vez.<br>Howard tambi\u00e9n ense\u00f1ar\u00e1 c\u00f3mo crear una estructura dram\u00e1tica de tres actos, escena por escena y ritmo por ritmo (beat by beat). Como exactor de teatro que se form\u00f3 en el famoso Circle in the Square Professional Workshop de la ciudad de Nueva York, cubrir\u00e1 los aspectos b\u00e1sicos de lo que hace que una escena sea genial: personajes en conflicto consigo mismos, con los dem\u00e1s y con el mundo en general. Aprender\u00e1s por qu\u00e9 cada viaje que emprenden tus personajes debe estar plagado de obst\u00e1culos que los obliguen a profundizar en sus fortalezas y recursos, y a revelar su car\u00e1cter a trav\u00e9s de las acciones que realizan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ya sea que est\u00e9s escribiendo un suspenso, una comedia rom\u00e1ntica, una memoria o una novela de fantas\u00eda, este taller desmitificar\u00e1 el proceso y te ayudar\u00e1 a planificar tus pr\u00f3ximos pasos en bloques manejables. Con 16 a\u00f1os de experiencia docente, los talleres de Howard para San Miguel (2025, 2026), la Universidad de Toronto (2009-2018), la Biblioteca P\u00fablica de Toronto (2022-26), el LitCamp de San Francisco (2026) y otras instituciones han sido calificados con notas muy altas por el entusiasmo y el conocimiento que aporta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Howard will also teach how to create a three-act dramatic structure, scene by scene and beat by beat. A former stage actor who trained at New York City\u2019s famed Circle in the Square Professional Workshop, he\u2019ll cover the basics of what makes for a great scene: characters in conflict with themselves, others and the world at large. 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