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Creative Writing: Basic Techniques on How to Plan Your Novel

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Overview

Welcome to the course where I show you how to create a novel plan that will help you throughout your writing process!

Don't make the same mistakes that so many novice authors make and create a novel plan that will ensure the quality of your novel!

My name is Matthew Dewey and I am a writer. It is hard to say when my passion for writing began, but if I can recall it all started back in primary school. A small child with not much to say, but plenty to write, or in most cases scribble, across a page. From there writing became a hobby, moving on to become a part-time job writing articles on various subjects from technology to programming. Suddenly, the spark was ignited and I wrote my first novel. From there I was hooked onto something that was akin to a calling.

Enough monologue, it is time to tell you what this course is worth to you. First, That being said, this course was created with the express intention to teach the fundamentals of creating a plan for your novel. In my rising through the writing world I found that information was handed freely, but not with enough dedication and forethought. The advice lacking and the examples poor. I decided to push through and after several years developed my own toolkit that is simple and multipurpose. The first and most important lesson I learned was how not to plan a novel. From there I experimented and found out what you should do.

In addition to the research, I also write from experience, having written several articles on the subject as well.

I will show you how to:

  • Turn a dream into an idea

  • Turn an idea into a plot

  • Refine that plot

  • Establish word count and chapter summaries

  • Take a lengthy planning process and work it into a single day!

  • AND MANY MORE TIPS ALONG THE WAY!

Welcome to your Novel Planning Course! I will show what you need to know to develop an interesting novel from scratch. All it takes is a well-thought-out plan!

"Writing is a powerful form of art, but it is the reader's imagination that is the canvas, not the page."

Syllabus

  • Introduction to How to Plan Your Novel for Beginners
  • Taking a Dream and Turning it into an Idea
  • Developing a Plot from a Simple Idea
  • Refining a Plot by Establishing Structure
  • Choosing a Word-Count and Chapters
  • Finishing Your Plan with Chapter and Character Summaries
  • BONUS: Planning a Novel in 1 Day
  • Conclusion to Planning Your Novel for Beginners

Taught by

Matthew Dewey

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