Fantasy Writing - Ten Lessons From Sarah J Maas

Free Download What you'll learn
Learn to write like your favorite author
Use analysis and synthesis to develop your writing skills
Build a toolkit of fundamental fiction writing skills
Focus on the key to great fiction - immersion!
Requirements
Enjoy reading and want to write fiction
Description
Fiction Writing 101Learn to write like YOUR favorite writer.You don't learn to write fiction just by taking classes. You learn to write by reading the writers you love.Fiction Writing 101 is an introduction for beginner students new to writing and for those struggling to get published.This short and simple course shows you powerful techniques to get you started writing fiction...in the style of your favorite writer.understand the real reasons we love to read fiction (HINT - Immersion!)learn to Analyse and Synthesise short pieces of writing by top writersbuild a toolkit of essential skills for fiction writers including Narrative & Scene, Style & Voice, Inner Monologue & Outer Worldbuilding.And the best piece of writing advice...EVER!Part One: IntroductionOne of Damien's students is in love with Sarah J Maas and wants to write just like her. We look at why we love to read fiction - immersion.Part Two: AnalysisA deep reading of The Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas and analysis of her key strengths as a writer.Part Three: Writing ToolkitBuilding a toolkit of writing skills based on the analysis of Sarah J Maas that you can apply to your own fiction writing.Part Four: SynthesisDamien writes his own opening chapter based on Sarah J Maas and invites you to learn by completing the exercise of Analysis and Synthesis.#Damien Walter teaches The Rhetoric of Story and Writing the 21st Century Myth to over 35,000 students worldwide. His stories and non-fiction have been published with the BBC, Guardian, Independent, Oxford University Press, Wired, Buzzfeed and many more.
Overview
Section 1: Part 1 - Introduction
Lecture 1 How to write like...
Lecture 2 What is fiction writing?
Lecture 3 Analysis & Synthesis
Section 2: Part 2 - Analysis
Lecture 4 Reading Sarah J Maas
Lecture 5 Building the action
Section 3: Writing Tools
Lecture 6 Character & Event
Lecture 7 More on events
Lecture 8 Structure & Content
Lecture 9 The single best piece of writing advice EVER!
Lecture 10 Narrative & Scene
Lecture 11 Inner & Outer
Lecture 12 Exposition & Progression
Lecture 13 Style & Voice
Section 4: Synthesis
Lecture 14 The First Draft
Lecture 15 The Second Draft
Lecture 16 Land of Hare & Falcon
Lecture 17 Conclusion & workshop practice
Anyone who wants to write and publish fiction
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