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Personal Development Creativity Writing

How To Write Like J.K. Rowling

A Bestselling Novelist Teaches You To Write Amazing Fiction That Readers (And Publishers!) Can’t Put Down
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (34 ratings)
1,221 students
Created by E.Z. Rinsky
Last updated 11/2018
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • Hook readers (and publishers) right from the first page
  • Understand how J.K. Rowling created books that sold nearly a billion copies.
  • Write your own vibrant characters that feel real and engaging
  • Craft realistic settings that suck the reader in
  • Sharpen prose for any piece of fiction, or narrative non-fiction - including journalism
  • Become more critical readers and editors.

Requirements

  • You should have a good level of spoken and written English.

Description

LEARN HOW TO WRITE STORIES THAT READERS CAN'T PUT DOWN

  • Taught by E.Z. Rinsky, best-selling, award winning author of Palindrome and The Binding

  • Get a guided, close reading of Harry Potter, the most successful books in modern history

  • Learn the tools and tricks J.K. Rowling used to create incredible fiction!

This course is perfect for:

  • Authors

  • Journalists

  • Bloggers

  • Creative writers

  • Anyone wanting to improve their writing quality!

What will you get from this course? 

Create deep, realistic characters

Learn how to:

  • Build characters your reader will relate to

  • Use subtle hints to subconsciously convey characters to the reader

  • Write dialogue that perfectly fits your characters

  • Ensure your characters feel like complete, real people

  • Become a better reader & understand how the Masters create characters


Build immersive, gripping settings

Learn how to:

  • Plant complex images in your reader’s head

  • Simple techniques to evoke mood and atmosphere

  • Embed rich symbolism in your settings

  • Be “fair to the reader” ... and what that even means

  • Ensure your settings are an integral part of the story


Write beautiful prose.

Learn how to:

  • Build paragraphs that flow, and keep the reader riveted

  • Ensure internal paragraph logic

  • Know when to switch to a new paragraph

  • Nail the perfect word to convey your vision

  • Avoid the common mistakes which can doom a sentence

  • Write prose your readers can’t put down



Who this course is for:

  • This course is for writers of fiction and narrative non-fiction. It's designed both for new writers, and to help more advanced writers take their skills to the next level

Course content

5 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 47m total length

  • Preview03:06

  • How to write amazing characters
    04:21
  • Preview04:35
  • Assignment Review / A Close Reading of Sherlock Holmes
    08:43
  • Hermoine
    06:01
  • Assignment Review/ Truman Capote on Brando
    09:25
  • Harry Potter
    05:20
  • Assignment Review/ Isaac Bashevis Singer & Unbiased Narrators
    04:36

  • Preview04:46
  • Assignment Review / Summarizing Classic Novels
    06:03
  • What makes a good setting? (part 2)
    04:55
  • The Harry Potter Universe (Part 1)
    03:18
  • The Harry Potter Universe (Part 2)
    06:14
  • Diagon Alley
    05:41
  • Hogwarts
    04:32

  • What makes good prose?
    01:33
  • Cut out descriptors!
    03:45
  • Less is more
    02:13
  • The perfect word
    02:09
  • Internal logic
    03:54
  • The golden rule of prose
    02:52
  • J.K. Rowling's prose (part 1)
    04:40
  • J.K. Rowling's prose (part 2)
    03:31

  • Wrap-up: now go write!
    01:20

Instructor

E.Z. Rinsky
Best-selling novelist & tech journalist
E.Z. Rinsky
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 34 Reviews
  • 1,221 Students
  • 1 Course

E.Z. Rinsky is the author of the best-selling mystery novels Palindrome and The Binding, both published by Harper Collins. His tech journalism has been read by 100,000+ people, and has been published all around the world. He's lectured in university classrooms for thousands of students, on creative and technical writing.

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