Young Adult Fiction Writing Workshop

Young Adult Fiction Writing Workshop, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.6, with 40 lectures, based on 227 reviews, and has 2605 subscribers.

You will learn about Turn Your Idea Into a Young Adult Novel Explore What Makes Bestselling Young Adult Fiction Create a Premise That Sells Develop Real, Engaging Young Adult Characters Construct Your Novel Using Easy-to-follow Checkpoints Learn to Structure Powerful Scenes Explore Viewpoint and Tenses Choice That Pack a Punch Learn Techniques That Create Bestsellers Polish Your Manuscript Create Cover Art That Sells Discover Marketing Techniques That Work Get Published! This course is ideal for individuals who are First Time Authors of Any Age or Published Authors Looking For Fresh Ideas or Authors With Unfinished or Unpolished Manuscripts It is particularly useful for First Time Authors of Any Age or Published Authors Looking For Fresh Ideas or Authors With Unfinished or Unpolished Manuscripts.

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Summary

Title: Young Adult Fiction Writing Workshop

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.6

Number of Lectures: 40

Number of Published Lectures: 40

Number of Curriculum Items: 40

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 40

Original Price: $189.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Turn Your Idea Into a Young Adult Novel
Explore What Makes Bestselling Young Adult Fiction
Create a Premise That Sells
Develop Real, Engaging Young Adult Characters
Construct Your Novel Using Easy-to-follow Checkpoints
Learn to Structure Powerful Scenes
Explore Viewpoint and Tenses Choice That Pack a Punch
Learn Techniques That Create Bestsellers
Polish Your Manuscript
Create Cover Art That Sells
Discover Marketing Techniques That Work
Get Published!

Who Should Attend

First Time Authors of Any Age
Published Authors Looking For Fresh Ideas
Authors With Unfinished or Unpolished Manuscripts

Target Audiences

First Time Authors of Any Age
Published Authors Looking For Fresh Ideas
Authors With Unfinished or Unpolished Manuscripts

Young Adult Fiction is today's top-selling category. This class shows you how to turn you ideas into a bestselling novel or screenplay that will rival Harry Potter, Hunger Games,or Twilight.

Do you have a Young Adult novel idea, but aren't sure where to begin? Have you started a novel, only to get stuck? Or perhaps you've completed a first draft, but want to add the luster of professional writing?

This course is for you! Featuring lively discussions between Young Adult Fiction authors Steve and Dani Alcorn, this engaging class gives you all the tools you need to create a bestseller.

We'll reveal what makes Young Adult novels today's most exciting genre, and show you how to use the techniques of top-selling authors to create your own finished novel. Step by step, you'll learn and practice:

What Makes Great Young Adult Fiction
Planning Your Project
Story Structure
Character Building
Viewpoints that work best for Young Adults
Experiment with Tense
Create a Vibrant Narrative Voice
Build Vivid Settings
Dialogue for Young Adults
Beginnings and Endings
Polishing Your Manuscript
Cover Art that Sells Young Adult Novels
Getting Published
Marketing Your Work

In addition to the video lectures and panel discussions, the course includes extensive supplemental materials, featuring reference lists, exercises, checklists, and handy reference sheets.

Whether this is your first Young Adult novel or you're an experienced author looking for new techniques, Young Adult Fiction Writing Workshop has what you need to get your young adult idea published. Enroll now!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Exploring Young Adult Fiction

Lecture 1: Welcome to Young Adult Fiction Writing!

Lecture 2: Young Adult Fiction Origins

Lecture 3: What is Young Adult Fiction?

Lecture 4: Young Adult Genres

Lecture 5: Why Write Young Adult Fiction?

Lecture 6: What Makes Young Adult Fiction So Good?

Lecture 7: How to Write Great Young Adult Fiction

Chapter 2: Planning Your Young Adult Project

Lecture 1: Plot vs. Story

Lecture 2: The Dramatic Elements

Lecture 3: The Protagonist

Lecture 4: The Antagonist

Lecture 5: Other Characters

Chapter 3: Structuring Your Young Adult Project

Lecture 1: Young Adult Fiction Story Patterns

Lecture 2: Three Act Story Structure

Lecture 3: Act 1

Lecture 4: Act 2

Lecture 5: Act 3

Lecture 6: Scene and Sequel

Chapter 4: Writing Your Manuscript

Lecture 1: Viewpoint

Lecture 2: Voice

Lecture 3: Tense

Lecture 4: Setting

Lecture 5: Beginnings and Endings

Lecture 6: Dialogue

Lecture 7: Conflict

Lecture 8: Suspense

Lecture 9: Mystery

Chapter 5: Polishing Your Manuscript

Lecture 1: Writing Big

Lecture 2: Writing Well

Lecture 3: Looking at Great Young Adult Fiction 1 – John Green

Lecture 4: Looking at Great Young Adult Fiction 2 – Scott Westerfeld

Lecture 5: Looking at Great Young Adult Fiction 3 – Romance

Lecture 6: Looking at Young Adult Fiction 4 – Drama

Lecture 7: Looking at Great Young Adult Fiction 5 – Bestsellers

Lecture 8: Looking at Great Young Adult Fiction 6 – Behind the Scenes

Chapter 6: Getting Published

Lecture 1: Cover Art

Lecture 2: Manuscript Evaluation Checklist

Lecture 3: Getting Into Print

Lecture 4: Marketing

Lecture 5: Next Steps

Instructors

Steve Alcorn
Published Author and Educator
Dani Alcorn
Author and Screenwriter

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 1 votes
2 stars: 7 votes
3 stars: 30 votes
4 stars: 70 votes
5 stars: 119 votes

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