Start Writing Your Book

Posted by: Robert Knight

Short Story, Memoir, Novel

First Drafts and Your Book Outline

An eight-week writing course for women

The Course: The Best Way to Write a Book is to Write!

Stories are about Ordinary People: Exciting, Scary, Fun, Funny or Sad —


Show, Don’t Tell: Show What You Felt, Saw & Tasted

Setting: Place, Time, Weather, Daily Life, Mood

Elements of Plot: the Hook Scaffold

Characterization: Protagonist, Antagonist, Foil

Who’s Talking and Why? — Aspects of Voice

Archetypal Images: The Emotional Experience

Use Short First Paragraphs. Use Short Sentences.

Revision and Writer’s Block

ISBN number, Editor, A Book Title that Sells

Five Basic Essentials of a Query Letter

Polishing and Publishing


All Workshops Include: Discussions on the Craft. Writing Time and In-Class Critiquing.
$96 (materials included)

Ilona Martonfi is the Founder/Producer of The Yellow Door & Visual Arts Centre Readings