Write Your Best Fiction and Get It Published

Learn the 10 essentials of fiction-writing mastery from a world-class teacher and Writer's Digest fiction expert

Created by: Jeff Gerke
Writer's Digest author and world-class fiction instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Capture the ultimate story idea
• Expand it into a story plan
• Choose, create, and fully develop the main characters
• Craft a brilliant inner journey for the hero
• Examine that inner journey to find the story's theme
• Find the perfect three act structure to externalize the inner journey
• Select the perfect villain, setting, era, and backdrop to illustrate the theme
• Master the craft: show vs. tell, point of view, dialogue, and description
• Revise the rough draft into something that's ready for prime time
• Understand the publishing process--the steps, the functions, and the power
• Construct a brilliant fiction proposal that will wow agents and editors

Requirements

• Come with your dreams of the stories that must be written

Target audience

• Ideal for novelists at every phase of the writing and publishing journey
• Aspiring authors who want to understand the full process of writing and publishing
• Experienced fiction writers wanting to take their writing to the next level
• Seasoned veteran novelists wanting to learn from a world-class Writer's Digest instructor
• Not for the faint-hearted--writing long fiction will eat your lunch if you're not determined