$18
per classA Single-Day Novel-Writing Class with an Award-Winning Novelist!
Completed by 2 learners
Ages 13-18
Live One-Time Class
Live video meetings
Meets once
1-6 learners per class
60 min
What's included
1 live meeting
1 in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 8 - 11
This engaging introductory class (one to six students)—which briefly looks at fourteen novel-writing tips—will walk your student through the process of writing a complete novel or short story. I also aim to teach a 6-week course (one class per week) that will dig deeper into each of those 14 tips! This single, one-hour session, will provide VERY helpful insights to aid your student during his/her writing journey, while helping you to determine if your student should take the expanded 6-week course. As a teacher, I enjoy lighthearted engagement and building confidence in the minds and hearts of students. There's also more to writing than the "know-hows"; there's the need to foster imagination and draw from life's experiences. One of the ways that I aim to teach is by example: I intend to have an example or two from recently published, first-time authors, revealing some stumbles that they had along the way. There are no student prerequisites for this class. However, if a student has already begun the writing journey on his/her own, it may be an encouragement for other students to hear a little bit about that accomplishment.
Learning Goals
We will walk through 14 different tips that will help anyone wanting to write and complete fiction stories:
1. Stop the Wishing, 2. Read. Read a Lot, 3. Don't Worry (yet) About Your Prose, 4. The Things You Already Know, 5. The Left & Right Sides of the Cursor, 6. Road Map or Travel Adventurously?, 7. Plot-ing, 8. Finish the Journey, 9. Story Ideas, 10. Clock? What Clock?, 11. Fall in Love!, 12. Fear Not, 13. The Editor, 14. Don't Forget the Real World
Other Details
Supply List
If I can figure out how to make them available prior to class, I will provide a list of the "14 Writing Tips for Aspiring Fiction Authors" mentioned in the class description.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am an award-winning published author of four suspense novels. My current work in progress (WIP) is a Cold War story about a family escaping into the West from East Germany. I'm an avid reader of various kinds of fiction: epic fantasy, geo-political thrillers, coming-of-age stories, contemporary & historical, literary, young-adult (YA), and sci-fi, as well as stories that are faith-based and/or biography-based. Additionally, I co-host a regional bi-monthly authors group.
Reviews
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