To edit fiction, you need to understand the techniques that are integral to good fiction writing. In this class you will learn the different components of a work of fiction that must be present in both short stories and full-length novels.
In this course, we will cover the following:
Opening hooks and chapter ending hooks
For full-length novels - what needs to be shown in the first chapter
Point of View (POV)
Proper dialogue, including tags and beats
Novel formatting
Plot development and research
Character development and emotions
Showing vs. telling
Active vs. passive
Proper use of flashbacks or back story
Consistency in character traits and scene props
Preachiness in Christian novels
Overused words that mark the writer as a beginner to publishers and agents
Over explanation that insults the reader
Uncertainty of character actions
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Instructor Jeanne Marie Leach is the author of three fiction books and one non-fiction writers' help book. She is a full-time freelance editor, who lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband of 33 years and their two large Alaskan Malamutes. She enjoys teaching workshops for beginning writers and has mentored numerous writers who have since gone on to win writing awards and are now published authors.
- Five lessons
- FEE: TCP Contributing Members $60 / Online-only members $70 / Nonmembers $90
- Register for this course: e-mail Kathy Ide. Or go to PayPal and submit the course fee, using Kathy's e-mail address.
