You DO have time to write the book you've dreamed of!
This comprehensive, sane, and fun writing course is the answer to the question "How do I write a novel?"--from coming up with ideas all the way through to publication. Gifford, a writer, editor, and associate publisher, and the owner of the Forward Motion Writers' Community, guides you one logical step at a time through every step of writing your novel. From making sure your idea is a good one (or coming up with a new idea), through developing your characters, building your world, outlining your story, writing your first draft, rethinking and reworking your second draft, doing final edits, and finally sending your work off to an editor or publisher, Gifford makes sure you'll never need to ask the dreaded question "What do I do now?"
The standing-room only Forward Motion online novel-writing course, now in book form!
Year One (this volume) teaches you:
- Writing Basics: Ideas, Genres, Themes, Conflict and more
- Character development
- Worldbuilding
- Outlining
- Writing, including what to do when you get stuck
- Completing your first draft
- The second draft
- Final edits
- Submission
About the Author
Lazette Gifford lives in Nebraska with her husband, several cats, and a useless dog. She usually produces at least half a dozen new novels and twice as many short stories a year.
Zette's published work includes two chapbooks (Honor Bound and Star Bound) and an upcoming Double Dog publication from Yard Dog Press titled Farstep Station. Her story Between a Rock and a God's Place appeared in Issue #21 of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and she's had numerous stories published in ezines and small-press anthologies.
Lazette is the owner of the Forward Motion Writers' Community, a large on-line community for writers. She is the editor of Vision: A Resource for Writers, now in its sixth year of production. She is also the Associate Publisher for Dragon Tooth Fantasy, an imprint of Double Dragon Publishing. Zette's home page is: lazette.net |
