R Lyon
Current Classes & Workshops
How to Plot
at Asheville School of Film
Coming in 2025 - Join the Waitlist!
Students will take the journey from the birth of an idea through to a comprehensive plot outline. This course presents a repeatable process to discovering compelling characters that drive the plot and deliver the theme. Writers of all mediums are encouraged to join us as we uncover the true heart of a well told story.
This class will cover:
• Where story ideas come from
• The power of a good theme and how to craft one
• World building
• Uncovering and understanding the central conflict
• Drafting story plans that never fail
• Creating characters that comes to life and tell their own stories
• Cultivating a plot that organically rises out of theme
Fictional Memoir and Shape of Story
at Story Parlor
Coming in 2025 - Join the Waitlist!
These classes are different from your typical creative writing workshop. Rather than focusing on output and critique, they will focus on discovering a new approach to individual expression. The concepts are explored through a series of fully immersive modules that introduce “play” and “wonder” in the quest to reclaim what can often be the most discouraging phase of creative writing: discovering what you want really to say.
These interactive and immersive workshops turn the typical approach to story planning up-side-down and in-side-out in order to discover how your story can be uniquely yours.
Writing for the Screen
at Asheville School of Film
Thursday evenings starting September 26th
This 16 - week course is composed of two 8-week parts: Screenwriting 1 (Fundamentals) and Screenwriting 2 (Advanced Techniques).
During this course, Lyon will cover the basic functions and formatting of screenwriting, before moving into the craft of creating visual stories that powerfully speak to three audiences at once: the investors that produce the idea, the cast & crew that bring it to life, and, ultimately, the public paying to experience the final product.
Writing Fear: Using Terror in Story.
at Story Parlor
NOW ENROLLING! - Monday Evenings
October 7 - November 18
To fear is human.
This workshop is for story-spinners of all genres and mediums who are interested in harnessing the power of fear in scene, character, and plot development. The goals of this class will be to learn a greater understanding of the audience’s desire to be made afraid, the power of it as a story telling tool, and how to deliver that in a way that feels authentic, alive, and fresh.