The 10 Secrets To Creative Writing Success!

ENGAGE readers - PERFECT discipline - EDIT effectively - Find YOUR VOICE - Fiction, Screenplays, Blogs, Nonfiction

What you'll learn
This is a fun and practical creative writing course designed to get you excited about creating your own work!
Writing techniques, literary devices, and specialized skills.
How to discover, perfect, and share your own unique writer's voice.
How to become a successful and confident writer!
How to objectively edit your work with purpose and direction.
How to commit to the qualities that make you uniquely YOU when you write.
How to organize your writing project for success.
How to engage and excite a reader!
Requirements
A desire to improve the creative success of your work.
A willingness to implement the strategies and principles covered.
And, of course, an enthusiasm for writing!
Description
Course Overview:The 10 Secrets to Creative Writing Success is broken down into easy-to-digest elements designed to get you writing what you want, how you want it - immediately! Through the information you will learn from this course:You will become more organized, purposeful and intentional in your approach to the process of writing.The tips, techniques and activities we will cover will help you to hone your craft and improve your skills.The quality of your writing will improve and by the end of the class you will be creating work of which you are extremely proud.You will discover new and exciting ways to hook your reader through what you and only you can bring into this world.You will learn to approach your writing from the correct creative learning mindset and become more inspired by all of the writing ideas that surround you all of the time, if you just notice them.No matter if you are brand new to writing or are a seasoned veteran - with its focus on narrative, this course is designed to ensure that when you complete it, you will have become a better, bolder, and far more creatively successful writer.The Course Includes: 79 Video Lectures Each of the 10 Secrets is broken down into multiple video lectures that include:A series of lessons covering an area of course contentQuick writing tasks aligned with the lesson objectiveOr practical application projects to personalize your learning34 graphics, notes or assignment sheetsDesigned to reinforce and apply major concepts discussed in the classA suggested list of books for further exploration of the topic.Almost 8 hours of video lessons!

Overview

Section 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 How to Use this Course

Section 2: Secret #1 - Writing is Hard, So You have to Work Harder

Lecture 3 Show Up, Sit Down, and Start Writing

Lecture 4 Set Writing Goals

Lecture 5 Task 1: Take The Pledge

Lecture 6 How to Develop the Habit of DAILY Writing

Lecture 7 Task 2: Write - Meet Your Daily Goal

Lecture 8 Suspend Other Priorities

Lecture 9 It Will Always Be Difficult

Lecture 10 Task 3: Why do I Write?

Lecture 11 In Praise of the Vomit Draft

Lecture 12 A Few Thoughts About First Drafts…

Lecture 13 Task 4: Write a Vomit Draft - Choices

Lecture 14 Develop Your Work Ethic

Lecture 15 Task 5: A Workout for Your Work Ethic

Section 3: Secret #2 - Find the Things That Keep You Inspired

Lecture 16 Tips for Finding Your Creative Energy

Lecture 17 Define Your "Sphere of Creativity"

Lecture 18 Task 1: Design Your "Sphere of Creativity"

Lecture 19 Find (and FOLLOW) Your Bliss…

Lecture 20 Task 2: What has Sparked Joy in my Writer's Life?

Lecture 21 Always Be Learning

Lecture 22 Task 3: Learn Something New

Lecture 23 Writer Psychology - Which One Have You Been?

Section 4: Secret #3 - Outline! But Follow the Story Wherever it Takes You…

Lecture 24 I know, I know, But Trust Me - You Should Outline

Lecture 25 An Outline Needs to…

Lecture 26 There are Many Ways to Skin an Outline

Lecture 27 Task 1: Create an Outline

Lecture 28 Outline to Help the Idea Take Shape

Lecture 29 Allow Inspiration to Take You Places You Didn't Expect

Lecture 30 No One Plans to Fail - They Fail to Plan

Lecture 31 Task 2: Make a Timetable

Lecture 32 Let the Characters Brew

Lecture 33 The Basic Structure of Story

Lecture 34 Successful Story Structure #1

Lecture 35 Successful Story Structure #2

Lecture 36 Successful Story Structure #3

Lecture 37 Task 3: Apply the Hero's Journey

Lecture 38 Successful Story Structure #4

Section 5: Secret #4 - Grab the Reader!

Lecture 39 The Importance of Beninnings

Lecture 40 Task 1: Famous Opening Lines

Lecture 41 Successful Writing Exists to Serve the READER, not the Writer

Lecture 42 But YOU are a Reader, Too - Write what you Want to Read

Lecture 43 Tips for Writing a Successful Story

Section 6: Secret #5 - You Gotta Have Heart - Be YOU & Be FEARLESS

Lecture 44 Make Your Own Rules

Lecture 45 Write How ONLY YOU Can Write

Lecture 46 Task 1: Finding Your Writer's Voice

Lecture 47 Write Without Fear of Judgement / Believe in Yourself

Lecture 48 Know WHY You Write

Lecture 49 Task 2: Create a Writer's Manifesto

Section 7: Secret #6 - Edit Without Mercy… but with Purpose

Lecture 50 Everything MUST Advance Your Creation

Lecture 51 Get the Thoughts of Others You Trust

Lecture 52 Task 1: Who Do You Trust?

Lecture 53 Become an Agressive Editor

Lecture 54 How To Edit Your Work

Lecture 55 Task 2: Put Theory into Practice - Edit a Piece of Your Work

Section 8: Secret #7 - Develop Your Style

Lecture 56 Pay Attention to the Sound of your Language

Lecture 57 Task 1: Explore the Use of Tone

Lecture 58 Show, Don't Tell

Lecture 59 Task 2: Show, Don't Tell Activity

Lecture 60 Learn how to K.I.S.S.

Lecture 61 Don't Take Yourself so Seriously

Section 9: Secret #8 - Reading is Fundamental

Lecture 62 Read to Develop Style

Lecture 63 Read to Inform Yourself about your Chosen Genre

Lecture 64 Read to FILL Yourself! Learn, Get Inspired and Expand your Horizons

Lecture 65 Task 1: Be Like Bradbury

Section 10: Secret #9 - Embrace Failure

Lecture 66 The Benefits of Failure

Lecture 67 The Types of Failure

Lecture 68 Develop a Growth Mindset

Lecture 69 Task 1: What is Your Mindset?

Section 11: Secret #10 - Don't Wait to be Inspired!

Lecture 70 Go After it with a Club

Lecture 71 There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block

Lecture 72 Find Your FLOW

Lecture 73 Find Your FOCUS

Section 12: Not the 10 Secrets, but Still Some Pretty Good Ideas…

Lecture 74 Memory is Fleeting - Write It All Down (or at least record notes!)

Lecture 75 EVERYTHING is Material

Lecture 76 Task 1: Record Five Useful Things

Lecture 77 Deadlines Are a Writer's Best Friend

Section 13: Additional Resources - Read These Books!

Lecture 78 Read These Books!

Section 14: Course Conclusion

Lecture 79 Conclusion

Anyone with a creative streak, a nagging desire to write, and a drive to improve the quality of their writing and their creative output.