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Novel Writing: Viewpoint, Voice and Tense
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(46 ratings)
466 students
Created bySteve Alcorn
Last updated 2/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Choose the right viewpoint to control your readers' experience
  • Select a voice that conveys the mood of your story and the character of your protagonist
  • Apply a tense that keeps things natural yet exciting
  • Create a vivid setting, step-by-step

Course content

3 sections8 lectures39m total length
  • Welcome!1:46

    Here's what to expect in the class.

  • Omniscient4:45

    It may seem easy to write from an all-knowing viewpoint, but it can also be dangerous. Find out why.

  • Third Person Limited3:51

    This popular viewpoint lets you tell a story from one or perhaps several viewpoints.

  • First Person3:31

    This, the most intimate of viewpoints, provides a way to indelibly connect your reader to your protagonist.

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 helps you understand three topics that are often confusing:

  • Choose the right viewpoint to control your readers' experience
  • Select a voice that conveys the mood of your story and the character of your protagonist
  • Apply a tense that keeps things natural yet exciting
  • Create a vivid setting, step-by-step

By using these techniques together you'll tell your story in the most effective way.

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