Story Editing Masterclass

Story Editing Masterclass, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.8, with 52 lectures, based on 54 reviews, and has 533 subscribers.

You will learn about Edit your novel, story or screenplay considering the whole work, rather than just the sum of its parts. Consider the role of characters, including protagonists, antagonists and supporting characters. Learn about central mysteries and how they can compel your readers forward. Chart the flow of your story. Learn how to power up tension. Learn how themes unite stories. Create compelling context to add drama and spice to your story. Use tables, excel spreadsheets, charts, and graphs to see your story afresh. Discover resources to help you with spelling, grammar and consistency issues. This course is ideal for individuals who are Authors who have written at least one draft of their novel, story, or screenplay. or Writers who understand the basics of fiction: characterisation, themes, context, etc. (This course goes beyond the basics to cohesive story design.) or Authors who are stuck in the drafting phase of their work. or Writers wanting to take their work to the next level. or People who like to plan before they write. or People who would like to edit fiction, and know the basic rules of writing a holistic story. It is particularly useful for Authors who have written at least one draft of their novel, story, or screenplay. or Writers who understand the basics of fiction: characterisation, themes, context, etc. (This course goes beyond the basics to cohesive story design.) or Authors who are stuck in the drafting phase of their work. or Writers wanting to take their work to the next level. or People who like to plan before they write. or People who would like to edit fiction, and know the basic rules of writing a holistic story.

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Summary

Title: Story Editing Masterclass

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.8

Number of Lectures: 52

Number of Published Lectures: 52

Number of Curriculum Items: 52

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 52

Original Price: A$99.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Edit your novel, story or screenplay considering the whole work, rather than just the sum of its parts.

Consider the role of characters, including protagonists, antagonists and supporting characters.

Learn about central mysteries and how they can compel your readers forward.

Chart the flow of your story.

Learn how to power up tension.

Learn how themes unite stories.

Create compelling context to add drama and spice to your story.

Use tables, excel spreadsheets, charts, and graphs to see your story afresh.

Discover resources to help you with spelling, grammar and consistency issues.

Who Should Attend

Authors who have written at least one draft of their novel, story, or screenplay.

Writers who understand the basics of fiction: characterisation, themes, context, etc. (This course goes beyond the basics to cohesive story design.)

Authors who are stuck in the drafting phase of their work.

Writers wanting to take their work to the next level.

People who like to plan before they write.

People who would like to edit fiction, and know the basic rules of writing a holistic story.

Target Audiences

Authors who have written at least one draft of their novel, story, or screenplay.

Writers who understand the basics of fiction: characterisation, themes, context, etc. (This course goes beyond the basics to cohesive story design.)

Authors who are stuck in the drafting phase of their work.

Writers wanting to take their work to the next level.

People who like to plan before they write.

People who would like to edit fiction, and know the basic rules of writing a holistic story.

Like every healthy ecology a story needs to work as a whole, not just the sum of its parts. Does your fiction world have a working ecology? Do its parts work together? Or do its characters overwhelm? Do all parts support each other, or do they each vie for power??How can you see the work afresh?

This course will enable you to become a more effective editor of your own fiction work. It will help you visualise a novel/screenplay/story holistically – as one grand ecology – each element reliant on another. If part of your story doesn’t support the life of the whole, out it goes!

The Ecology of Novels includes:

Videos

Reading materials

Inspirational exercises?

Case studies?

Charts, spreadsheets, graphs

Links to?extra?resources (for?swats only)?

Much as a new painter would stroll the Louvre studying the great master painters, as a writer you should be examining the best storytellers. So in this course?we’ll be ambling through the literary Louvre, paying our respects to creative greats like JRR?Tolkien, George Lucas, Harper?Lee,?William?Shakespeare?and many more.

Plenty of courses teach the basics of story writing.?

Few teach?writers how to write brilliant – and connected – prose. Drafting leads to mastery. But only if you know?where?to look. Led by a Senior Editor with almost 20 years of editing experience?this course points you in the right direction.?

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: The Big Picture

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The big picture – Ecology

Chapter 2: A Storys Journey – A River

Lecture 1: The end is the beginning

Lecture 2: A river system

Lecture 3: Patterns of storytelling

Lecture 4: Types of story

Lecture 5: Charting tension

Lecture 6: Increasing the river’s flow

Lecture 7: Chapter endings

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 3: Central Mystery – The Sun

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Rebecca in brief

Lecture 3: Placement

Lecture 4: Conclusion

Chapter 4: The Protagonist – Butterflies and Wolves

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Backstory – To write or not to write

Lecture 3: Transformation

Lecture 4: The hero’s journey

Lecture 5: Conclusion

Chapter 5: Supporting Characters – Bees and Flowers

Lecture 1: Bees and flowers

Lecture 2: Types

Lecture 3: Roles

Lecture 4: Antagonists

Lecture 5: Gifts to protagonist

Lecture 6: Bringing characters together

Chapter 6: Context – Malignant Forces

Lecture 1: Malignant forces

Lecture 2: Roles

Lecture 3: Putting context to work

Chapter 7: Themes – Life, Death and in Between

Lecture 1: Life and death and in between

Lecture 2: Roles

Lecture 3: Good versus evil

Lecture 4: Bolstering your themes

Chapter 8: A Story’s Journey 2 – The Fine Detail

Lecture 1: The fine detail

Lecture 2: Dialogue and flow

Lecture 3: Speak simply

Lecture 4: Adjectives and adverbs

Lecture 5: Tautologies, dead words and passive sentences

Lecture 6: Speeding the flow

Lecture 7: Spelling, grammar, consistency

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 9: Bringing it all Together – Systems for Revision

Lecture 1: Systems for revision

Chapter 10: Conclusion – The Most Important Lesson a Writer can Learn

Lecture 1: The most important lesson a writer can learn

Lecture 2: Is it ALIVE?

Chapter 11: Bonus: When the Draft is Ready

Lecture 1: Publishing choices

Lecture 2: Get professional advice

Lecture 3: What are publishers publishing?

Lecture 4: What are readers reading?

Lecture 5: Non-traditional pathways – ebooks and blogs

Lecture 6: Build platform

Lecture 7: Consider self-publishing

Lecture 8: Approach agent or publisher

Lecture 9: Conclusion

Instructors

Jessica Perini
Senior editor, writer, child rights advocate, social media

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5 stars: 25 votes

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