
Build-A-Book: A Step-by-Step Primer
Craft your novel from start to finish with bestselling Rita award-winner Susan May Warren!
You're writing a book...but suddenly...
- You're stuck because you don't know where to take your characters next, or
- Your plot feels dull, or
- Egads! you see another book just like it come out!
- And you just wish you knew your hard work would pay off with a bestselling book.
Susan May Warren understands. Having written 50 books, she's encountered those thoughts in every single manuscript. But, after fifty novels, she's found a few tricks on pushing through, getting the words on the page to make sure she's creating a powerful story.
Would you like to learn her secrets? Watch a book come together, see how she wrestles through plot and character issues and weaves in emotions and creates tension.
The Build-a-Book series is for novelists like you!
In this class, RITA award-winning, best-selling novelist Susan May Warren, will bring you inside the storycrafting process, teaching you how to create characters, a plot, develop conflict, the black moment, the epiphany and finally… the happy ending.
Experience the creation process, watch the decisions that plot each step of the hero’s journey, learn the nuances of crafting a story, and get the tools to write your own novel.
At the end of the series you can read the book created! Susan May Warren is really excited to share her secrets and let you peek behind the curtain.
Get your story on today with Susan May Warren!
Course Curriculum
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 1: Brainstorming Your Best Idea (64:22)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 2: Plot Your Character's Journey (61:12)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 3: Creating a Powerful Story Arc (70:27)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 4: Get the Story on the Page (76:13)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 5: Chapter 1 - Secrets to Starting Your Story! (76:50)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 6: Chapter 2 - Tools for Hooking Your Reader! (64:06)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 7: Chapter 3 - How to Build the Noble Quest (65:47)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 8: Chapter 4 - Keep Your Momentum (65:13)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 9: Chapter 5 - Emotional Layering (68:41)
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StartBuild-a-Book Lesson 10: Chapter 6 - Show Versus Tell (68:45)
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StartBuild-a-Book Bonus Lesson: The Final Chapters - Creating the Happy Ending (71:08)
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