Writing Bestselling Fiction

Join Ken as he teaches you everything he knows about writing bestsellers – from the importance of establishing a writing routine to getting your book published.

• Get started with an idea
• Create compelling characters
• Use pace to create a page-turner
• Research and fact-checking
• Establish a writing routine
• Get published

• Writing Bestselling Fiction Introduction
• What makes a good idea for a novel
• Developing ideas
• Weaving the narrative
• Research
• The outline
• Finding an agent or publisher
• The first line
• Outline to draft
• Character
• Pace
• Sex and violence
• Genre
• Writing style
• Fact-checking
• My process
• The rewrite
• Publishing and promotion
• Promoting your book
• Reading
• Conclusion
• Ken Follett Q&A