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60-DAY NOVEL: PLAN AND WRITE YOUR NOVEL
About This Course
What This Course is About
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Your Instructors
Our Philosophy on Teaching and Learning
Help Desk: Contact Us
Get Started Here: Quick Tips & Course Overview
Start Here! Fellowship of the Pen community
Essential Character Tips (video/audio) (18:00)
Essential Plot Tips (video/audio) (13:08)
60-DAY NOVEL: Weekly Teaching & Coaching Calls
The Weekly Calls Will Go Here
Week 1: Get Started: Elevator Pitch & Short Synopsis
Summary of Week 1: Elevator Pitch & Short Synopsis
"What If" lesson
Elevator Pitch Lesson
Elevator Pitch (PDF)
Short Synopsis Lesson
Short Synopsis (PDF)
Week #1 Summary
Week 2: Getting to Know Your Main Characters
Summary of Week 2: Getting to Know Your Main Characters
Week #2: Video Overview (4:13)
14 In-Depth Questions to Develop Your Main Characters (PDF) (expanded version)
Audio: 8 Aspects of Character Development (mp3)
Identity and Belief Change
Your Characters' Secrets
Emotional Core: Empathy Formula
Character Relationship Map
Focusing in on What To Write
Recommended Resources
Week 3: Story Plot & World Building
Summary of Week 3: Story Plot Points & World Building
Week #3 Video Overview (3 minutes) (2:59)
Story Plot Points Using Worst Fears
World Building: Questions to Brainstorm
Hero's Journey and Story Structure
Beginning, Middle, End: Obligatory Scenes + Other Essential Story Elements for Your Genre
Question Toolbox
Recommended Resources
Week 4: Scene-by-Scene Outline & Plotting
Week #4 Overview: Scene-by-Scene Outline and Plotting (3:58)
High-Concept Pitch
Problem-Solution Tool
What is a Scene?
Scene Setup: Storyboarding
5 Essential Stages of a Scene (and of Story!)
Scene-by-Scene Outline
Weeks 5-8
Daily Focus Tips
Weekly Q&A Calls
Course Bonuses
Survey: What Did You Think?
One-on-One Coaching Session with Beth Barany
What's Next?
Week #4 Overview: Scene-by-Scene Outline and Plotting
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