![]() Week 1: We'll cover how to get started how to create and support a writing practice and how to handle distractions. In November, the Write Your Novel support group covers: Once you have completed this exercise, and all the ones before, you'll have a good sense of your entire story, and can sit down to write your novel with excitement and confidence. We help you create an organic outline from all the notes and thinking that have gone before and also provide tips on a more linear approach to plotting your story. Week 4: Scene-by-Scene Outline & Plotting We guide you through the final preparation step of building your story scene-by-scene. We help you design a plot that will keep readers at the edge of their seats turning pages deep into the night. Plot comes from characters, from knowing your story world, and from asking some good questions. Week 3: Story Plot & World Building We help you design the story's main plot points and get to know the world of your story better, in other words, world building. Great stories start with great characters that you love! We offer up "10 Key Questions to Ask Your Characters" tip sheet (PDF), plus more character questions and special exercises to help you get to know your characters so you can bring them to life when you write your novel. Week 2: Get to Know Your Main Characters We cover getting to know your main characters. We also touch on the story's theme and genre to help you have a better idea of the focus of your story and also your audience's expectations. Next we cover the 5-6 paragraph story synopsis that can form the basis of a synopsis agents and editors request. Week 1: Elevator Pitch & Short Synopsis We help you write the 1-2 paragraph story blurb, also know as the elevator pitch, that you can later use in a query letter. You'll get the specific Zoom link once you sign up. Mark your calendar for the 5 (five) Tuesdays in October 2019 and the 4 (four) Tuesdays in November.Ĭalls will be 5:30-7:30pm Pacific / 8:30-10:30pm Eastern, and last from 90-120 minutes.Īll workshop calls take place on Zoom, a free-to-you service. It is doable! Thousands of writers have written their novels in November. In November, people spend anywhere from 30-60 or more hours writing their first draft. Of course, some of you will spend less and some may spend more time on this course. This course is structured so you can do it at your own pace.Īll told, if you follow the curriculum and attend the live workshops, you will probably spend 10–30 hours over October to follow through on the assignments and exercises, all designed to help you plan your novel. This course will help you dream up exciting ways to torture, I mean challenge, your characters all the way to the resolution of the story.
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