Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome!

    • Task: make sure you get our emails

    • Resource: Introduction Document

    • Task: Pre-Arrival Comparison Novel Exercise
  2. 2

    • Resource: Six Month Novel Calendar

    • Info: The Forum & Our Email

    • Resource: Online Retreat Goals Worksheet

    • Info: Using the worksheets

    • Submit your Questions for Monthly Live Q&A Calls
  3. 3

    • March Live Call Recording

    • April Live Call Recording

    • May Live Call Recording

    • June Live Call Recording

    • July Live Call Recording

    • August Live Call Recording

    • Bonus workshop recording
  4. 4

    • Welcome & Week by Week Overview of Plotting Bootcamp
  5. 5

    • Introduction to Week 1

    • Task: Week 1 Worksheet

    • Resource: What if you Have Multiple Storylines/Protagonists?

    • Resource: Developing Characters if You Started From Concept/Place etc.

    • Resource: More Ideas for Developing Characters
  6. 6

    • Introduction to Week 2

    • Task: Week 2 Worksheet

    • Resource: Worldbuilding - Locations

    • Resource: Worldbuilding - Time

    • Resource: Worldbuilding - Social Setting

    • Resource: Worldbuilding for Speculative Fiction

    • Resource: Plotting & Conflict

    • Resource: Subplot
  7. 7

    • Introduction to Week 3

    • Task: Week 3 Worksheet

    • Resource: Dealing with Multiple Plotlines

    • Resource: Multiple Points of View

    • Resource: Choices in Narration & Point of View

    • Resource: Alternative Plotting Models
  8. 8

    • Introduction to Week 4

    • Task: Week 4 Worksheet

    • Resource: Plotting Charts

    • Resource: Organising Your Story

    • Resource: Should You Tie Up Story Strands?

    • Resource: How Detailed (Large) Should Your Outline Be?

    • Resource: Finding Plot Holes

    • Outline Example: Pride & Prejudice

  9. 9

    • Breathing Warm-Up

    • Gratitude Warm-Up

    • Inner Mentor Warm-Up

    • Golden Bubble Warm-Up
  10. 10

    • Introduction to Writing Month 1

    • Task: Set Your Monthly Targets

    • Resource: Organising Files

    • Resource: Word Count Trackers

    • Resource: Just Start! Advice on Starting & Workalong Mini Session

    • Resource: Finding Writing Habits That Work for You

    • Resource: Achieving Glorious Craptasticness

    • Resource: What To Do When You Feel Behind
  11. 11

    • Introduction to Month 2

    • Resource: Showing vs Telling

    • Resource: How & Where to Use Exposition

    • Resource: Driving Your Plot With Action & Reaction

    • Resource: All About Pacing
  12. 12

    • Introduction To Your Plot Review

    • Task: Plot Review Worksheet
  13. 13

    • Workshop: Review & Reset Your Goals

    • Resource: Consistency And The Muse

    • Resource: The Muddy Middle

    • Visualisation: Advice from Future You
  14. 14

    • Introduction to Month 4

    • Resource: 15 Minute Coworking

    • Resource: Setting Final Goals - What Does Finished Mean To You?

    • Resource: Resistance to Finishing

    • Resource: Setting Daily Goals for your Final Writing Week

    • Resources: About finishing - how do you feel, how to process it and what to do now
  15. 15

    • Week by Week Overview of the Editing Bootcamp
  16. 16

    • Task: Week 1 Worksheet

    • Resource: About our Approach to Editing

    • Resource: Finessing Your World Building

    • Resource: Editing Multiple Storylines
  17. 17

    • Task: Week 2 Worksheet

    • Resource: Dealing With POV and Narrators

    • Resource: Editing Major Characters

    • Resource: Editing Minor Characters
  18. 18

    • Task: Week 3 Worksheet

    • Resource: Your Editing Expectations

    • Resource: Entering & Exiting Scenes

    • Resource: Internal Reactions
  19. 19

    • Task: Week 4 Worksheet

    • Task: Editing Action Plan

    • Resource: Psychic Distance Examples

    • Resource: Time Away & Perspective

    • Resource: Editors & Publishing
  20. 20

    • Bonus Reflection Worksheet