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Novel Writing: Dialogue, Beginnings and Endings

Bring Your Novel to Life with Vivid Dialogue, Catchy Beginnings and Memorable Endings
Rating: 3.8 out of 53.8 (28 ratings)
326 students
Created by Steve Alcorn
Published 3/2016
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Invent realistic dialogue that propels your characters into conflict and reveals their emotions
  • Hook your readers with a killer beginning
  • Drive home your theme with an ending that resonates

Requirements

  • There are no prerequisites
  • All you need to benefit from this course is a desire to write great fiction!

Description

Have you started a novel only to get part way into the manuscript and find yourself stuck? Or do you have an idea for a novel but aren't sure where to begin? Have you completed a first draft but feel it doesn't quite have the luster of professional Novel Writing?

In this lively and fun course Steve Alcorn shows you how to achieve success. You'll learn how to write a novel step by step.

During the past two decades, Steve Alcorn has helped more than 20,000 students structure their novels, and many of them are now in print. Steve's courses are rated an average of 5 out of 5 stars.

This course focuses on Power Techniques for telling your story:

  • Invent realistic dialogue that propels your characters into conflict and reveals their emotions
  • Hook your readers with a killer beginning
  • And drive home your theme with an ending that resonates

Whether you're a first time novelist still planning your story or an experienced author looking for ways to bring your fiction to life, Steve Alcorn's novel writing courses will show you how to succeed!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is perfect for beginning or experienced writers
  • These techniques apply to novels, short stories and screenplays

Course content

2 sections • 7 lectures • 35m total length

  • Preview00:58
  • Preview04:15
  • Preview04:41
  • Preview05:19

  • Beginnings
    08:00
  • Endings
    12:25
  • Next Steps
    00:19

Instructor

Steve Alcorn
Published Author and Educator
Steve Alcorn
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 3,248 Reviews
  • 26,444 Students
  • 16 Courses

Steve Alcorn is a theme park designer, author, teacher, and the founder of Writing Academy. His novels include mysteries, young adult stories, historic fiction and romance. His is also the author of How to Fix Your Novel.

Steve has helped more than 30,000 aspiring writers structure their novels, through the online learning programs of 1500 colleges and universities worldwide. Many of his students are now published authors, and you can be, too!

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