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Novel Writing Master Class 1
Introduction and Resources
Welcome
Recommended Reading
Recommended Software and Organizational Methods
Recommended Software (17:54)
How to Organize Your Digital and Physical Novel Files
Module One - Beginnings
Is your situation novel-worthy? (Video) (4:04)
What You Need to Know Before You Begin Your Novel (Video) (5:34)
Lesson 1: Novel Beginnings - A Juggling Act
Lesson 2: Out of the Ordinary
Lesson 3: What Your First Chapter Should Do
Lesson 4: A Few Great Beginnings
ASSIGNMENT ONE
Module 1 Discussion Forum
Module Two: Character, Crisis, and Emotional Resonance
Lesson 5: What makes a great character? (VIDEO) (8:45)
Lesson 6: Character Revelation In-Depth
Lesson 7: Characterization Quick Tips
How much character background should you include? (video) (6:49)
ASSIGNMENT 2
Q&A: Starting with Character (3:46)
Module 2 Discussion Forum
Module Three: Point of View
Lesson 8: How to Choose the Best Point of View for Your Novel (Video) (8:56)
Point of View in Depth - Pros & Cons of Each Point of View
Lesson 9: Handling Multiple Points of View (Video) (18:12)
Assignment 3
Module 3 Discussion Forum
Module 4: Setting and Description
Lesson 10: Find Your Yoknapatawpha (Video) (9:29)
Using Setting as a Foundation for your Fiction (8:03)
Lesson 11: The Art of Significant Detail
Lesson 13: Getting Past Abstraction in Place & Time
Assignment 4
Module 4 Discussion Forum
Module Five: Stirring Up Trouble: Conflict & Suspense
Lesson 14: Suspense across genres (Video) (22:37)
Lesson 15: Without this, you have no novel
Lesson 16: Conflict, Character, and Suspense
Lesson 13: Editing for Suspense
Assignment Five
Module 5 Discussion Forum
Wrapping Up
What Next?
Can you share your opinion?
Novel Writing Master Class 1 - Course Downloads
First Chapter Checklist
Character Dossier
Is your situation novel-worthy? (Video)
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