Coletivo de Histórias – Creative Writing Cycle (Lesson 4)
Class 4: Plot and Emotion — 2h30
Closing the cycle: bringing together the bones of the story and the character’s heart.
We start by revisiting the challenge and consolidating learnings. Then, a guided reading with Verity and a pocket version of the hero’s journey to map structure. In practice:
Mini-outline in 5 sentences — beginning, conflict, complication, climax, resolution.
Letter from the protagonist to their future self — emotional layers, desire, consequence.
We move to an open floor to share the final short stories (2–3 pages) with gentle feedback.
We close with a celebration circle, aligning next steps to keep writing.
Your writing instructor for this workshop:
Beatriz Rocha is a journalist by training, a writer by vocation, and a protagonist by nature. She learned to read at the age of five, driven by a childhood competition (her cousin had already read Harry Potter, and she refused to be left behind). Since then, she has never let go of books — or of the desire to turn experience into narrative.
The daughter of an actress on hiatus and a musician, she grew up surrounded by art, though she quickly discovered that singing wasn’t an option and acting only works if she plays herself. Writing became her stage, her voice, and her character.
She has been published in magazines such as Caras and once ran an Instagram page dedicated to cinema — because the arts have always inspired her to speak and to write. In her workshops, Beatriz helps each participant find their own voice — with humor, courage, and a sharp eye for the details that make a good story come to life.
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