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Write a Book! Creative Writing Skills for Beginner Writers

Write a novel or non-fiction book. Creative writing skills for beginners. Writers write by writing! World Building!
Bestseller
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (1,440 ratings)
23,001 students
Created by Brian Jackson
Last updated 6/2020
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Learn writing basics including punctuation, sentences, paragraphs and essays
  • Learn advanced writing techniques such as the use of foreshadowing and cliffhangers
  • Learn how to write short non-fiction books quickly and easily
  • Learn Advanced dialog to draw the reader into your story
  • Learn how to self-publish a book on Amazon
  • Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create a book cover
  • Learn how to discover your personal writing style
  • Learn how to self-edit your book manuscript

Requirements

  • A PC or Mac
  • Microsoft Word 2010, 2013 or 2016
  • A rudimentary understanding of English

Description

Tell Your Story Today... 

Isn't it time you finally told the story inside your heart?  Within this course, I will explain how to organize and begin writing a short story, novella, novel or non-fiction book.  The concepts are similar for each form.  The number of balls you need to keep in the air and for how long are the only things that differ. 

  If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.
  -- Lord Byron 

Learn the Components of Successful Storytelling... 

Plot, character, and place.  Learn how to juggle them all like a professional.  Learn how to discipline yourself to put the first words on the page.  Learn the even greater discipline required to put the last words on the page. 

  The thing about writing is that you never stop learning and improving your craft, and a review of the basics is helpful even to an established, USA Today bestselling author like myself. Jackson's deceptively simple course on writing a first novel is concise, and covers crucial points that every writer should know and constantly keep in mind. I especially enjoyed his advice on handling writer's block and its causes; I am guilty of reason #3. Sigh. A useful course, even for those who think they don't need it.
  -- Lisa Cach, USA Today Bestselling Author of the "1,001 Erotic Nights" series 

For the Storyteller, There is No Greater Joy... 

All your life, you've carried this story with you.  Perhaps uncertain or fearful of rejection.  But there is no burden greater than carrying an untold story. 

  A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
  --Franz Kafka 

Your All in One Source for the Inspiration and Technique Required to Tell Your Story... 

This is your call to arms.  Tell your story now before it's lost forever...

---Brian 

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone looking to grasp the fundamentals of writing using the English language
  • Anyone looking to brush up their writing skills
  • Anyone interested in writing and publishing a book
  • Anyone with a need to tell a story that buried inside

Featured review

Chandrisha Juggath
Chandrisha Juggath
4 courses
1 review
Rating: 4.5 out of 58 months ago
This course is highly educational and I find it extremely interesting and relevant. I have had so many of my questions addressed and answered without me having to actually go and ask, and whenever I needed to know something extra, Brian has been kind enough to respond and assist me. The projects are also read and commented on and I appreciate the feedback that I'm receiving. Definitely feel more confident about my writing at this point!

Course content

20 sections • 188 lectures • 16h 51m total length

  • Preview03:46
  • 2016 Edition Changes
    01:06
  • Introduction to the 2017 Edition
    03:20
  • 2019 Edition Changes
    00:09

  • Introduction to Finding Your Style
    03:46
  • Preview04:10
  • Preview07:14
  • Plotters vs Pansters
    02:04
  • Discovering Your Personal Writing Style
    05:49
  • Finding Your Style Section Project
    00:15
  • Summary of Finding Your Style
    00:46

  • Introduction to Preparing to Write
    02:29
  • Pinterest Notes
    00:23
  • Research Using Pinterest
    07:27
  • Setting Up Word
    07:35
  • Outlining
    10:02
  • Outlining with Index Cards
    03:44
  • Outlining with MS Word (2018 Extension)
    17:04
  • Preparing to Write Section Project
    00:13
  • Summary of Preparing to Write
    00:58

  • Introduction to Beginning to Write
    01:59
  • When, Where, and How
    04:15
  • Keeping a Journal
    02:59
  • Choosing the Right Word
    04:00
  • Standard Story Arcs and Character Architypes
    08:11
  • Beginning to Write Section Project
    00:23
  • Summary of Beginning to Write
    00:43

  • Introduction to Writing
    01:26
  • Where to Begin Your Story
    04:46
  • Writer's Block
    04:39
  • Write
    03:11
  • Writing Section Project
    00:03
  • Summary of Writing
    00:40

  • Introduction to Editing
    02:35
  • Proofreading Your Work
    08:11
  • Waterfall vs Spiral Editing
    04:47
  • Dealing with Word Repetition (2018 Addendum)
    09:59
  • Editing Resources (2017 Addendum)
    05:37
  • Using the Grammarly Word Extension (2019 Extension)
    06:58
  • Editing Section Project
    00:04
  • Summary of Editing
    01:00

  • Introduction to Writing Short Non-fiction Books
    03:08
  • Book Length, Pricing and Release Strategies
    18:52
  • Preparing to Write Non-fiction with MS Word
    12:44
  • Finding a Book Topic to Dominate on Amazon
    09:18
  • Researching and Outlining Non-fiction Books
    12:53
  • Maintaining a Bibliography
    06:15
  • Researching and Writing Non-fiction Books
    05:34
  • Inserting, Configuring and Formatting Images
    12:14
  • Adding a ToC, Table of Figures, Footnotes, an Index and a Glossary (Part I)
    11:56
  • Adding a ToC, Table of Figures, Footnotes, an Index and a Glossary (Part II)
    09:55
  • Editing Non-fiction Books
    02:57
  • Writing Short Non-fiction Books Section Project
    00:11
  • Conclusion to Writing Non-fiction Books
    00:58

  • Introduction to Basic Writing Skills
    01:49
  • Words and Spaces: Lecture
    15:00
  • Words and Spaces: Writing Session
    07:28
  • Words and Spaces: Writing Session Files (Downloadable Lecture Material)
    00:09
  • Punctuation: Lecture
    21:09
  • Punctuation: Writing Session
    08:37
  • Punctuation: Writing Session Files (Downloadable Files)
    00:09
  • Sentences: Lecture
    11:24
  • Sentences: Writing Session
    13:43
  • Sentences: Writing Session Files (Downloadable Files)
    00:09
  • Paragraphs: Lecture
    06:25
  • Paragraphs: Writing Session
    14:43
  • Paragraphs: Writing Session Files (Downloadable Files)
    00:09
  • Dialog: Lecture
    06:57
  • Dialog Writing Session
    06:50
  • Dialog: Writing Session Files (Downloadable Files)
    00:09
  • Blog Posts and Short Essays
    03:24
  • Blog Posts and Short Essays: Writing Sessions
    07:35
  • Blog Posts and Short Essays: Writing Session Files (Downloadable Files)
    00:09
  • Basic Writing Skills Section Project
    00:13
  • Summary of Basic Writing Skills
    00:37

  • Please Leave a Course Review
    02:16

  • Introduction to Advanced Dialog
    03:43
  • Writing Dialog to Express Language, Accent, Time Period and Person
    05:37
  • Attributing Dialog Without Repetition and Not Attributing Dialog for Pacing
    06:58
  • Mixing Dialog with Descriptive Narrative
    03:08
  • Writing Internal Monologues
    02:04
  • Advanced Dialog Section Project
    00:08
  • Conclusion to Advanced Dialog
    00:50

Instructor

Brian Jackson
Author, Publisher and Educator
Brian Jackson
  • 4.3 Instructor Rating
  • 7,643 Reviews
  • 143,300 Students
  • 47 Courses

I was born in the middle of the last century in Los Angeles, California.  After moving for a time to the Silicon Valley, I graduated from Humboldt State University amid the redwoods of Northern California.

Two weeks after graduation I was working as a computer systems programmer for Lockheed Missiles and Space (LMSC) back in the Silicon Valley.  Two months after that and I was married as I have been happy ever since (for 40 years).

After 14 years at Lockheed, I moved from working on IBM mainframes to using PCs running the Unix operating system and encountered a thing called the Internet.  Cisco Systems seemed to be the right place to work, so I joined the company as their 650th employee.  Eleven years later Cisco had grown to over 20,000 employees.

I retired at the age of 48 and instantly became bored!

Throughout my professional career, I'd always enjoyed both writing and providing technical training.  So, I attended creative writing classes at my local junior college and began to write.

I managed to write and self-publish a handful of books, but things didn't take off until my wife, Melanie Jackson, an established author with a New York company, left traditional publishing to join me in self-publishing.

In 10 years, from 2010 to now, Melanie and I have made half-a-million dollars self-publishing well over 100 books.  I also managed to record a pair of audiobooks for Amazon and Audible sale.

By 2014, our rapid rise to Kindle fame had already dwindled.  I decided to pursue my second passion of giving training presentations.

Since 2014 I've published over 48 online video training courses for training sites such as Udemy and Skillshare. My goal is to provide low-cost high-quality screencast-based educational material focusing on my areas of expertise; namely, self-publishing and book cover design using the GIMP.  I continue to expand my video training catalog while focusing some energy on resurrecting our flagging book sales using various marketing techniques.  Finally, I spend a portion of my time maintaining both my website and my wife’s website, which was developed using WordPress.

I currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada, with my lovely wife and Butterscotch the cat.

I'll see you in the classroom,

---Brian

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