Writing Fiction That Sings: Write Novels With Great Voice

Writing novels, blogs, or nonfiction books? Learn editing techniques in this writing course and up your writing skills

Created by: Sally Apokedak
Literary agent, editor, and writing conference faculty

What Will I Learn?

• add snazz and pizzazz to the fiction you write by using figures of speech!
• choose the strongest POV for the novel you're writing.
• spiffy up your novel with solid editing tips, before you submit it to agents and editors.
• write your novels and creative nonfiction books with an engaging voice.
• write books with confidence.

Requirements

• All you need is pen and paper, or a computer, and a story idea.
• I am putting basic lectures in, so you can take this course if you know nothing about writing a novel. More advanced students can skip the basic lectures.
• Please note that your experience will be enhanced if you join the companion Facebook group associated with this course. Joining is free, but to join you will need to have a Facebook profile. This is not required and you will get much benefit by taking part in course discussions even if you don't join the Facebook group. But the Facebook group offers added benefit as it allows students to share larger pieces of work with each other. Also, I have office hours in that group a few times a month.

Target audience

• If you want a conference-quality writing course without the cost and hassle of traveling to a conference, this class is for you.
• If you have always wanted to write a novel or a creative nonfiction book, this is a good course to start you out right.
• If you're writing a novel, this class will give you tips for revision and help you write books that dazzle your readers.
• If you want to know what a literary agent really thinks of the novel manuscripts in her slush pile then sign up.
• If you're already published and getting starred reviews, then this course will be a waste of your time. 🙂