Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Lessons
- 19 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Shaun Levin
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A book is a testament to the uniqueness of our individual imagination. Author and creative writing teacher Shaun Levin has published several novels and short story collections, including A Year of Two Summers, Seven Sweet Things, and Snapshots of the Boy. For him, writing is a journey of discovery that allows us to gain a deeper understanding of the world around us, and he specializes in teaching others to do just that.
In this course, Shaun shows you how to expand your stories into a book and incorporate this writing adventure into your daily life. Discover how to craft a compelling narrative, and share a chapter and brief synopsis as your final project. Are you ready to follow your curiosity and write your own captivating book?
This is Shaun’s third Domestika course. In his first, Creative Writing for Beginners: Bringing Your Story to Life, he teaches you how to use the details of your imagination to write a memorable story. For anyone with an interest in writing short stories more specifically, Shaun guides you through writing stories that combine both fiction and non-fiction in his second course, Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience.
Description
Begin the course by getting to know writer and creative writing coach Shaun Levin. He talks through his 20-year career along with the books he’s written based on his own personal and political experiences. Discover the influences that inspire his work and dive into the relationship between books and real life.
Discover the where, what, and how of preparing to write a book. Shaun shares his truths about writing, before showing you how to gather resources that act as a roadmap for your work. Learn how to come up with a rough plan for your project, then discover the importance of writing regularly. Explore how to find support from the people around you during the writing process and how to choose parts of yourself to bring to your work. Recognize the difference between a short story and a book-length project.
Learn how to start writing and make the theme of your book present in every scene. Then take a look at the characters. Learn about names, and what they can tell us about a book, before looking for possible side projects to work on during the book writing process. See how to create a sense of movement in your narrative, as well as establish its dimensions and timeframe.
Shaun shares how writing in different places can encourage new perspectives and why secrets are at the heart of a story. Using his personal writing experience as your guide, explore the value of social and political issues in your work and how to see your book through to completion.
Write a synopsis of your book that’s ready to share with the press, agents, or potential publishers. Shaun then gives his advice for writing a letter to an agent and what to expect from the publishing process. To finish the course, find out why and how to start writing a new book to follow this one.
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