Start Writing Your Book

Posted by: Robert Knight

An eight-week course, $96 (materials included)

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

(Guy-Concordia metro, St-Mathieu Exit)