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Writing Young Adult Novels | A Novelist's Guide
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Writing Young Adult Novels | A Novelist's Guide

A Full Breakdown on Writing Novels for Young Adults
Created byMatthew Dewey
Last updated 9/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • You will understand the young adult market
  • You will learn how to plan a novel
  • You will learn how to write a lengthy novel to fit the young adult market
  • You will learn novel writing fundamentals

Course content

1 section15 lectures57m total length
  • Introduction1:32
  • Discussing the Course2:19
  • Tools of the Trade4:50
  • Young Adults and the Genre3:10
  • Leangth and Structure6:23
  • The Main Character4:36
  • The Two Friends and Secondary Characters2:55

    Discover how two secondary friends: one chaotic and easygoing, the other organized and logical, shape a young adult protagonist, push the plot, and enrich worldbuilding and perspective.

  • The Antagonist5:11
  • Character Development3:31
  • World Creation3:41
  • Young Adult Novel Plots4:11
  • Fate and Destiny5:24
  • Designing the End4:12
  • Budgeting Time and Inspiration4:19

    Budget time and sustain inspiration to finish a YA novel by planning and researching for four months, writing 2,000–4,000 words daily, and revising toward publication.

  • Conclusion1:13

    Conclude the course by applying a structured writing process to craft a young adult novel. Research, plan, write daily, finish the book, and edit.

Requirements

  • Pen
  • Notepad
  • Writing software

Description

Hello and welcome to your young adult novel writing course!

Books today need a certain quality to become bestsellers. However, I am about to inform you of the developments in the genre and how you can use them to your advantage. Writing is a difficult task, but with the right tools at hand you should find the process enjoyable.

If you are looking for the course that will inform you on the basics of writing a young adult novel as well as develop an in-depth story, look no further. In this course I guide you through some of the most basic to advanced concepts of making a young adult novel:

·         Creating an interesting protagonist

·         Successfully using secondary characters

·         Developing an memorable antagonist

·         Creating a world

·         Devising a structure through plot and world count

·         Designing a great ending

·         Escaping writers block and finding inspiration

·         and MORE!

If this sounds like the course for you then don't hesitate to enroll now and receive your personal novelists guide on writing a young adult bestseller!

 

"Writing is creativity, it is art, it is a to speak to people you will never meet."

Who this course is for:

  • Writers wanting to learn how to create novels
  • Writers ready to learn how to write for young adults
  • Students wanting to learn how to write novels