Fantasy Fiction, Writing, Worldbuilding and Mapmaking Course

This course is for new writers embarking on a fantastic quest and experienced writers who want to hone their craft.

What you will accomplish in this course is divided into 6 main sections, which are:

1. Preliminaries – Setting yourself up for success

2. World-building

3. Structure

4. Writing the thing

5. Editing and

6. Trouble-shooting

Under Preliminaries – Setting yourself up for success we’ll look at:

· Your WHY

· Researching the fantasy genre and sub-genres

· Who are you writing for?

· The elevator pitch

· Writing practices, tools, place, space and time and ritual. I’ve also thrown in some random tips there

· Self-care

Under World-building we’ll dive into:

· Building the World

· Magic

· Map-making

· Characters & Creatures

· Databases

· Research

· Timeline

· Terminology / Series-specific jargon

When it comes to Structure we’ll discuss:

· Plot Outline

· Chapters

· Point of view

· Character Rhythm and “Scaffolding”

Then it’s time to Write the Thing where we’ll cover:

· First lines

· Character development

· Some of my personal tips

Editing is a very important step too, so we’ll touch on:

· DIY editing

Finally we offer some thoughts on trouble-shooting:

· That Elusive Muse and Writer’s Block.

So at the end of the day you are getting:

· The combined experience of 3 Authors poured into;

· 24 mini-modules of hard-learned experience;

· Lifetime access to the course;

· 5 downloadable resources; and

· Maybe a bit of fun along the way.

I look forward to seeing you in Module 1, Preliminaries.