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Novel in Nine - January 2019
Welcome to Novel in Nine
Welcome to Novel in Nine!
Helpful Information
Recommended Books on Writing
25 Quick Writing Prompts
January: It all starts with character
January Webinar Replay (79:03)
General Questions, January
Week 1: Understanding Your Protagonist
Week 1 Video (7:52)
Week 1 Discussion
W1 OPTIONAL Share Space, Students 1-5
W1 OPTIONAL Share Space, Students 21-25
Week 2: Protagonist, Part 2: Obstacles & Influences
Week 2 Video - How to Reveal Your Character (8:45)
Week 2 Discussion
Download: January Checklist (1)
W2 Optional Share Space, Students 1-5
January, part 2: Situation, Subtext, & Setting
Week 3: Situation & Story
Big 3, Big Questions Worksheet
Week 3 video - on "what if"s. and when not to read books on writing (8:30)
Week 3 Discussion
Read this if you are working on a novel in progress
W3 OPTIONAL Share Space, Students 1-5
Week 4: Down the rabbit hole (and out again): How to handle research
Week 4 Video - Research (9:17)
Week 4: Discussion
W4 OPTIONAL Share Space, Students 1-5
Week 4 Share Space, Students 6-10
Week 5 Welcome Video (4:00)
Week 5: Setting
Week 5 Video: Setting & Description (9:29)
Week 5 Discussion
Week 5 share space, students 1-5
Week 5 Share Space, Students 6-10
January Word Count Check-In
Checklist, Weeks 3-5
Answers to Your Burning Questions (Frequently Updated)
Should only one main desire drive the book? (W1)
Should every assignment go into the novel? (W2)
How much character background should I include at the beginning? (W3)
Help! I don't know where my story is going. (W4)
How do I handle multiple settings? (W4)
What is your suggested word count target for a chapter? (W6)
What do I do when my scenes feel skeletal? (W7)
I have a new novel idea. What do I do? (W8)
What is an example of the second person point of view in a novel?
So many books, so little time... (W13)
Does subplot have to start with an actual scene?
February, part 1: Weeks 6 & 7: Urgency and Point of View
February Webinar Replay (77:38)
General Questions, February
What to expect in February
Week 6: Chapter 1: How to find your novel's urgency
Week 6 Encouragement: Give yourself thirty minutes
Week 6 Discussion
Week 6 & 7 Share Space, Students 1-5
Weeks 6 & 7. Share Space, Students 6-10
Weeks 6 & 7 Share Space, Students 11-15
Week 7: Whose story is it? Zeroing in on Your Point of View
4 Points of View (video) (8:56)
Week 7: How to handle multiple points of view in your novel (video) (18:12)
Week 7 Discussion
February Checklist, Weeks 6-7
February, part 2, Weeks 8 & 9: Scenes and Structure
Week 8: How to Write a Scene
What to do when you don't feel inspired (video) (5:39)
Week 8 Discussion
Week 8 & 9 Share Space, Students 1-5
Week 8 & 9 Share space, students 6-11
Week 9: The Secret Structure
Week 9 Discussion
Plot Worksheet
February Checklist, Weeks 8-9
February Word Count Check-in
What to expect in March
March, part 1: Building your scene list, plus notes on process
Week 10: Scenes & Chapters
Week 10: What you need to know about chapters (video) (12:34)
Week 10 & 11 Discussion
Process: Learning to love the carcass: Should you worry about overwriting?
Weeks 10-11 Share Space, Students 1-5
Weeks 10-11 Share Space, Students 6-10
Week 11: Scene vs. Summary, & Building a Scene List
Week 11: 17 Essential Scenes (video) (2:24)
Week 11 Download: Scene Type List
Week 11 Download: Foundational Scene List
Weeks 10-11 Checklist
March, part 2: Additional Characters, & Staying inspired
March Webinar Recording (68:24)
More writing prompts for "I don't feel like writing today" days
Week 12: Close Connections/Emotional Intimacy (Primary Positive Relationship)
Week 12 Discussion
Video: Organizing your novel with Scrivener (17:54)
Week 12 & 13 Share Space Students 1-5
Week 13: The Art of the Sentence
Week 13 Discussion
Checklist Weeks 12-13
March Check-In
April, Part 1
April Webinar, April 11th (60:45)
Week 14: Fun with Subplots
Week 14 Video (3:18)
Week 14 Discussion
Week 14 & 15 Share Space Students 1-5
Week 14 & 15 Share Space Students 6-10
Week 15: Finding your novel's ideal pace
Week 15 Discussion
Week 15 Video (5:34)
Checklist Weeks 14-15
April Part 2
Establishing patterns
Week 16 - Narrative Patterns (7:46)
Week 16 Discussion
Week 16 & 17 Share Space, Students 1-5
Week 17: Tell me more (really)
Week 17: Why you have to show AND tell (video) (18:42)
Checklist Weeks 16-17
Week 17 Discussion
Week 18: You've Made it halfway through your 8 months of writing!
Week 18: Taking stock
Halfway Point Cheers & Check-in (Video) (1:33)
Week 18 Discussion
Week 18 Share Space
General Questions, May
Download: Week 18 Checklist
May - Weeks 19-22
May Webinar Replay (27:53)
Week 19: Plot by the numbers: a helpful guide (11:40)
Week 19 Share Space
Week 19 Download: Plot by the Numbers PDF
Week 19 Discussion
Week 20: Get them talking
Week 20: How to write great dialogue (video) (7:45)
Weeks 20-21 Share Space
Week 21: What are you trying to say? Notes on theme
Week 21 Discussion
Open Office Hours Replay, May 23 2019 (34:05)
Week 22: Notes on Process: Reading, Accidental Avenues, and The Map You Make From Surprise and Serendipity
Week 22 Video -- a bit more on theme (13:10)
Week 22 Discussion
May Word Count Check-in
Weeks 22 & 23 Share Space
June - Week 23
June Webinar Replay (66:49)
Understanding Your Antagonist
Week 23 Discussion
June - Week 24
Week 24: Vulnerability
Week 24 Discussion
Download: Weeks 23 - 24 Checklist
June - Week 25
The Art of Description & Suggestion
A little bit more about description... (video) (8:45)
Week 25 Discussion
Weeks 24 & 25 Share Space
Week 26
The Art of Suspense - Planting & Sprouting Many Seeds
Week 26 Video: Beyond Nail-biting: Suspense in any Genre (12:05)
Week 26 Download: Suspense Check Worksheet
Week 26 discussion
Download: Weeks 25 - 26 Checklist
Week 26 Share Space
Week 27
June Word Count Check-In
6-month cheers and check-in (video) (2:07)
Week 27: "Sudden and Consequential" - Writing your novel's climax
Week 27 Video - more thoughts on climax (5:32)
Week 27 Discussion
Weeks 28 & 29
Chapter Length, Where You're Headed, & More
Week 27 & 28 Share Space
Week 29 Video: What your ending should do (6:56)
Week 29: A Sense of an Ending: Questions Asked and Answered, Divine Messiness, & More
Further Reading on Endings
JULY WEBINAR Replay (59:17)
Week 30
Week 30: Deepening Scenes
Week 30 Video: Fleshing Out Skeletal Scenes (7:38)
Week 30 Discussion
Weeks 30- 31 Share Space
Week 31
July Word Count Check-in
A Model Climax for Study, & The Denouement
Week 31 Discussion
Week 32
Why You Need to Understand Your Novel's Genre (Video) (12:48)
Writing and Pitching the Cross-Genre Novel
Week 32 Assignment: The Final Chapter
Week 32 Discussion
Week 33
Finding the Right Title
Week 33 Discussion
Weeks 32-33 Share Space
Week 34
Stages of Revision
How I Got Published (A Long Story) - Video (26:52)
Week 34 Discussion
Week 35
AUGUST WEBINAR replay (74:36)
The Reward of Exhaustion, & Next Steps for Revision
Finding inspiration where you are (6:07)
Week 35 Discussion
Week 36
Video - How I Revise (15:19)
Week 36 Discussion
Week 37
Inside My Own Revision Process (Video) (20:23)
Week 37 Discussion
Week 38
Sentence by Sentence Revision
Week 38: Revising and point of view (video) (13:00)
Week 38 Discussion
Week 38 Share Space
Week 39
Finding and working with a literary agent and editor (video) (11:50)
Literary Agent Query Worksheet (Download)
A literary agent on the subject of publishing trends
Novel in 9 Workbook
Week 40
The "You did it!" webinar replay (66:38)
Parting Thoughts
Week 40 Discussion
Au Revoir - Your Last Video (10:37)
Finally...what did you think?
Follow-up courses & consultation for Novel in Nine
Follow-up courses & consultation (6:58)
Recommended Reading
Recommended Articles (frequently updated)
Weeks 22 & 23 Share Space
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