Instructor: Sally J Walker
Start Date: Monday, August 3, 2026
End Date: Friday, August 28, 2026
Type: Group.io
Duration: 4 Weeks
USD Fee: FF&P Member – $20; Non-Member – $25

Polti’s principle of 36 situations show “There are no new stories.” This 8-session workshop from Sally Walker takes the writer through his situations and explains how to apply, twist and spark every story and its characters into unpredictable freshness, even with genre expectations.

Session One: Melding of Plot, Character, Polti & YOU
Session Two: Polti 1-6 and Genre Expectations
Session Three: Polti 7-12 and Unique Passion
Session Four: Polti 13-18 and Your Life Experience
Session Five: Polti 19-24 and Reader Connection
Session Six: Polti 25-30 and Going to the Extreme
Session Seven: Polti 31-36 and Main vs. Subplot
Session Eight: “What if-ing” to the End of Time

About the Instructor:

While raising a family and working as a critical care RN, Sally Walker graduated Cum Laude with BFA in Creative Writing. She proceeded to attain published credits that include international poetry, literary, romance, and western novels, a nonfiction essay collection, several creative writing textbooks, stage plays, and many magazine articles on the craft of writing, including staff contributions to two international film magazines for 10 years. Under the tutelage of such industry greats as the late N.B. Stone, Jr.(RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY and Paramount projects), Joe Wallenstein (of USC, SISTERS, KNOTT’S LANDING), and the late Lew Hunter (of UCLA Film Chair, NBC Program Director, and other networks), Sally has written 34 screenplays, optioned 2, worked on assignment, and earned Hollywood representation through Intellectual Properties Group. In addition to long time active memberships in such national writing organizations as WWA, SCBWI, and the former RWA, she was president of a state-wide writers organization 2007-2011 and is active in the Nebraska Film Association to evolve the film industry in her state. While keeping to a strenuous writing schedule, she worked as Editorial Director for a small publishing company for 18 years. Besides being an adjunct professor of screenwriting at a local community college, Sally has taught writing seminars, both on-site and on-line and has been the facilitator for the weekly meetings of the Nebraska Writers Workshop in Ralston, NE.

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