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How To Take Your Story From Concept To Novel

Offered By: Skillshare

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Novel Writing Courses

Course Description

Overview

How to plan for writing a book in this class! Let's talk about how to take your story from idea to written novel, or how to plan a book. We'll go over how to generate novel ideas, find time to write, get creative juices flowing, create a memorable book title, hook a reader from page one, choose POV in storytelling, create an overarching plot plan, outline major and minor scenes, construct story conflict, build a setting, write dialogue that engages the reader, write a novel's blurb, self-edit, find beta readers and editors, and publish options.

What you'll learn:

  • Prepare the Emotional Story Map for the entire novel by outlining the first few chapters of a romance novel.
  • Feel confident about finishing your romance novel.

Who should take this course:

  1. People who want a simple plan to help them write a novel are welcome to attend.
  2. Participants may be have already written a novel or multiple, some have never written any fiction before.

Syllabus

  • Introudaction
  • Research
  • How Much Of The Story Do You Want To Know
  • Choose your point of view
  • Your Outline Should Serve You
  • Determine whether you’re an Outliner or a Pantser
  • Document Of Snippet Ideas
  • Expand your idea into a plot
  • Plot Elements
  • Create an unforgettable main character
  • Nail down a winning story idea

Taught by

Sara Leen

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