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Skillshare

Creative Writing: Kickstart Your Novel

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Overview

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Kickstart your Novel, working with a prize winning author. We'll cover how to find ideas and inspiration, and what to do next to grow and develop these into a plan for a novel. We'll look at the way different writers work and how you might go about finding your own writing process, and there'll be advice about the actual writing too. If you've always wanted to write a novel but don't know where to start, this is the course for you.

 

Syllabus

  • Kickstart your novel Skillshare Introduction
  • Lesson 1: Finding Ideas and Inspiration
  • Lesson 2: Writing Prompts
  • Lesson 3: Using true stories or real events
  • Lesson 4: Writing a premise
  • Lesson 5: Ways of working
  • Lesson 6: Writing a synopsis
  • Lesson 7: Building Characters
  • Lesson 8: Character Interview
  • Lesson 9: Some tips on the writing
  • Lesson 10: Class Project
  • Lesson 11: Final Thoughts

Taught by

Nicola Valentine

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