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Hi, everyone!
And welcome to Novel Writing II. In this series of lessons, we will delve more deeply into the areas of craft that seem to give writers the most trouble: pacing, scene construction, sequels, and other finer points of craft such as flashbacks and foreshadowing.
I urge you to do the homework assigned at the end of each lesson, for in doing so you will cement what you have studied and it will make it easier for you to apply those new skills to your projects.
I hope you’ve found a group of like minded writers to work with, as well. We all need the friendship and support such a group can give us. Trust me. You’ll be a better writer if you have others going through the same struggles with you.
Again, you can contact me with specific questions or if you have any thoughts about the lessons you’d like to share. My e-mail is [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
The best of luck!
Patricia Kay
Lesson #1 – Characters We Care About
Lesson #2 – The People Who People Your Stories – Part I
Lesson #3 – The People Who People Your Stories – Part II
Lesson #4 – Tell is Not a Four Letter Word
Lesson #5 – Scenes Equal Action
Lesson #6 – Sequels Equal Aftermath
Lesson #7 – Identifying Three Elements of Scene
Lesson #8 – Identifying Three Elements of Sequel
Lesson #10 – The First Five Pages, Part I
Lesson #11 – The First Five Pages, Part II
Lesson #12 – Let’s Talk About Description
Lesson #13 – Backstory, Part I
Lesson #14 – Backstory, Part II
Lesson #15 – Prologues, Part I
Lesson #16 – Prologues, Part II
Lesson #17 – Scene Types, Part I
Lesson #18 – Scene Types, Part II
Lesson #19 – Scene Types, Part III
Lesson #20 – Scene Types, Part IV
Lesson #21 – Transitions & Foreshadowing
Lesson #23 – The Shapes of Fiction
