$350

Save Yourself Years of Drafting

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14 Lessons
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Developed across twenty years of writing my own books, and fifteen years of mentoring students in graduate programs, this is a self-paced, step by step course for memoir and fiction writers with a 25 page Study Guide, 12 teaching videos to accompany the guide, and 27 writing exercises to help you identify and address the weak parts of your book and get it working as a whole. Watch this intro video to learn more.

Watch this video to learn more about the course to help you determine if it's right for you.

Module 1: Building a Strong Foundation

Save Yourself Years of Drafting Course Study Guide.docx

Module 1, Lesson 1: Plot vs. Story

Module 1, Lesson 2 : The Triangle of Tension

Module 1, Lesson 3 : Strengthen Your Triangle of Tension

Module 1, Lesson 4 : Ways to Add Tension to Your Plot

Module 2 : Characterization as it Relates to Plot and Theme

Module 2, Lesson 1 : Characterization as it Relates to Plot

Module 2, Lesson 2 : Characterization as it Relates to Theme

Module 3: Causality, Escalation and Unpredictability

Module 3, Lesson 1 : Separating Plot From Story

Module 3, Lesson 2 : Causality, Escalation, and Unpredictability

Module 4 : Subplots and Backstory

Module 4, Lesson 1 : Subplots and Backstory

Module 5 : Putting it All Together To Figure Out What Serves the Book As a Whole and What Doesn't

Module 5, Lesson 1 : What Does Each Scene Show the Reader?

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Module 6 : Driving Questions, Emotional Diversity, Binary Opposition, and Situation Changes

Module 6, Lesson 1 : Driving Questions, Emotional Diversity, and Binary Opposition

Module 6, Lesson 2 : Situation Changes, Story and Stakes