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In this course, you will :
- Learn where, what, and how to prepare to write a book. Shaun shares his writing truths before showing you how to gather resources that will serve as a road map for your work.
- Learn how to create a rough plan for your project, then discover the value of writing on a regular basis.
- Investigate how to find support from those around you during the writing process, as well as how to choose which aspects of yourself to bring to your work. Understand the distinction between a short story and a book-length project.
- Learn how to begin writing and incorporate your book's theme into each scene.
- Before looking for possible side projects to work on during the book writing process, learn about names and what they can tell us about a book.
- Learn how to establish the dimensions and timeframe of your narrative, as well as how to create a sense of movement in it.
- Shaun discusses how writing in different places can foster new perspectives and why secrets are central to a story. Explore the importance of social and political issues in your work and how to see your book through to completion using his personal writing experience as a guide.
Syllabus :
1. The Where, What, and How of Preparing to Write a Book
- Some Truths about Writing a Book
- Gather Your Resources: The Map of Your Book
- Gather Your Resources: What's Your Plan A?
- The Shared Experience of Writing a Book
- Who Are You When Writing a Book?
- A Book Is Not a Short Story
2. Start Writing and Keep Going till the End
- Starting from Where You Are
- The Characters in Your Book
- Movement in Your Book
- How Wide, How Deep: The Dimensions of Your Book
3. How to Keep Going till the End
- How Different Places Encourage New Perspectives
- Secrets Are at the Heart of a Story
- The Big Issues of Your Book
- Doing Whatever It Takes
4. How to Get Your Book Out into the World
- How to Write the Synopsis of Your Book
- How to Write a Letter to an Agent
- How and Why to Start Writing Your Next Book
