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 Story's 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
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Jessica Perini
Senior editor, writer, child rights advocate, social media
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- 4 stars: 20 votes
- 5 stars: 25 votes
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