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Novel Writing: Manuscript Editing
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(39 ratings)
321 students
Created bySteve Alcorn
Last updated 2/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn to "Write Big" so that your prose leaps off the page
  • Learn to "show" rather than "tell"
  • Kill all the adverbs
  • Eliminate lazy words
  • Polish your manuscript to get it ready for publishing

Course content

2 sections7 lectures39m total length
  • Welcome!1:29

    Here's what to expect in the course.

  • Vivid Writing and How to Achieve It4:54

    Sometimes it's as much about what's not there as what's there

  • Show Don't Tell10:32

    We've all heard the adage. Here's how to do it.

  • Dialogue as Showing10:47

    Dialogue is much easier and more fun to read than exposition, and by its very nature it is always showing.

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.

It's time to polish that manuscript and ready it for publication! This course shows you how:

  • "Write Big" so that your prose leaps off the page
  • Learn to "show" rather than "tell"
  • Kill all the adverbs
  • Eliminate lazy words
  • Polish your manuscript to get it ready for publishing

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