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A STEP BY STEP PROGRAM
FOR WRITING YOUR NOVEL
THE BOOTCAMP IS ON SUMMER BREAK
Our Next Courses Begin August 1
SOMETHING NEW:
Bootcamp Spotlights
Spotlights are courses taught by guest authors from varying genres. The first Spotlight begins September 5, with Harlequin American author Cathy McDavid leading off. Historical author Denise Domning will join us on October 3. We're pleased to have these diversified and accomplished authors launching our new feature. Details about their courses will be up soon.
Cathy McDavid
September 5 - October 2
Killer Synopses - How to Take the Bite Out of Writing Them . . .
. . . using the classic movie, JAWS, as an example
Whether plotter or pantser by nature and whether you write them before or after you’ve
written the book, the darned synopsis is often the part of professional writing we hate the
most. Yet, to be successful, we must do a passable job of constructing one.
Unfortunately, there’s no secret to writing a synopsis. However, in this workshop we’ll
cover basic and simple steps that will let you produce that passable, and possibly very
good, synopsis. We’ll also debunk some common myths about synopses that may have been making
the task more difficult than it needs to be.
If you haven’t watched JAWS recently (or ever), you might want to view it before the course starts. For the romance plot, our example will be Cinderella.
FEE: $25 until August 1; $30 after August 1
Denise Domning
October 3 - October 31
Premise and Theme: Or How Socrates Can Help You Write a Romance
How may times have you picked up a book, become engrossed with well-drawn characters only to be disappointed by a plot that takes a ridiculous turn or even disappears altogether? What was needed was premise. With the help of Socrates, premise and theme can banish the "sagging middles" in your own plot. Through an objective and structured analysis you will learn how creating a simple three or four word premise will help you identify both plot events and the characters needed to create lightning-fast pacing. Mastery of this skill will forever prevent your plots from veering off in some unexpected direction and leaving you in a muddled middle.
FEE: $25 until August 1; $30 after August 1
Regular Bootcamps Resume August 1
Escalating Consequences -- Taught by Linda Style
Building Story Conflct -- Taught by Connie Flynn
Surviving Rewrites & Revisions -- Taught by Connie Flynn
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED
Click Here  for Details
Ever Wondered
How BOOTCAMP Online Works?
Have you always
dreamed of writing a novel, but didn't quite know
where to start? Have you started a novel and found
you couldn't get beyond the first three
chapters...or finished one but it keeps getting
rejected? Are you an experienced writer and want to
take your writing to the next level?
If so, we at
BOOTCAMP for Novelists are here to help you. Between
us, we have over twenty years experience teaching
novel writing and have written over twenty-five
novels. How did we do it?
Step by
step.
That's how
a book is written -- step by step, that's how
your skills are built. Step by step, that's how
we'll teach you those skills. BOOTCAMP for
Novelists Online's step-by-step program takes you
from the beginning of your novel to the
end.
If you're a
beginner, you'll start with the BASIC TRACK
(Level I). If you've been writing a while, start
with the POLISH TRACK (Level II).
But you
aren't limited to one track. Beginners might
want to polish a basic skill before mastering the
next skill. Experienced writers may want to jump into
a basic program to beef up a weak skill. Either way,
if you follow our step by step program and do the
work, you'll have the tools to write your novel
and get it published.
Check out our
curriculum and see what it's about. And if you
think the program is a little too
nose-to-the-grindstone, no worries, lurkers are
welcome and participation is
voluntary.
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