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Novel Writing 101 - A Guide to the Creative Writing, Rewriting and Self-Editing of Your First Novel

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Novel Writing 101 - A Guide to the Creative Writing, Rewriting and Self-Editing of Your First Novel

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About Novel Writing 101 - A Guide to the Creative Writing, Rewriting and Self-Editing of Your First Novel

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WRITING - An Introduction to the Writing Process

WRITING - The Importance of Writing Quickly

WRITING - The Factors that have Increased the Speed of My Writing

WRITING - The Must have Application for All Self published Authors

WRITING - The Importance of Researching Your Book and the Rules of the Genre

WRITING - Researching Characters and Settings

WRITING - The Importance of Outlining Are You a Pantser or a Plotter?

WRITING - Why an Elevator Pitch is Still Good Practice

WRITING - Mapping Out Your Scenes and Chapters

WRITING - Distraction Free Writing

WRITING - Setting Daily Writing Targets

WRITING - The Importance of Project Statistics

WRITING - The Importance of Project Targets

WRITING - Remember the First Draft Doesn't Have to Be Perfect

POLISHING - So What Exactly Do I Mean by Polishing?

POLISHING - The Rewriting of Your First Draft

POLISHING - With One Eye on the Rules of Writing

POLISHING - And Another Eye on the Elements of a Story

EDITING - The Importance of Editing

EDITING - The Different Types of Editing

EDITING - Self editing Your Book

EDITING - Substantive Editing

EDITING - Copy Editing

EDITING - Proofreading

EDITING - What You Can Do if You Can't Afford an Editor?

Your Class Project

What You Will Learn?

  • Novel Writing 101 is a Step-by-step Guide to the Writing, Polishing and Editing of Your First Novel..
  • The class begins with a look at how you should go about WRITING your first draft, where the focus is very much upon writing quickly, writing in a structured and organised manner, following the rules of your book's genre, the setting of daily writing targets and the general philosophy that your first draft doesn't have to be perfect..
  • The next part of the class looks at the REWRITING of that first draft or the Polishing of Your Manuscript. In this section, I also cover The Rules of Writing and the Elements of a Story..
  • The final part of the class looks at the all-important EDITING of your book and here I consider the 4 different types of editing that every novel should go through before being published, namely the self-editing of your book, the substantive editing of your book, the copy editing of your book and finally the proofreading of your book..
  • The class then concludes by taking an in-depth look at the process you will need to follow, if you are unable to afford professional editors..
  • Novel Writing 101 really is a MUST-watch course if you are currently writing your first work of fiction and will even be of interest if you happen to be writing a non-fiction book, as well..
  • So why don't you enrol in the class today and learn how to Write, Rewrite and Edit your first novel..