THE WRITING CRAFT

"The Only-What-You-Need
Fiction Writing Course"
Current Survey and Update

Holly Lisle, Copyright 2009, photo by the authorMy name is Holly Lisle, and I'm a full-time novelist with 32 books in print and more on the way. I also teach writing online.

July 1, 2009

Based on heavy votes on THE WRITING CRAFT's "I need this planned module first" poll, I'm now at work on the Motivation module. Following that, I'll do the Pacing and Plot module. The votes were surprising. HOWEVER... the comments were far more telling---I got bunches on all three polls, and discovered that what I was looking at as one BIG course in fact addresses three separate groups of writers:
  • absolute beginners, who know they want to write but who don't know how to start or how to keep going once they've started;

  • intermediate writers who have written for some time, but who may not have finished anything (or anything they love);

  • and advanced writers, who are already writing and finishing work, but who are looking for ways to refine their techniques, become more publishable, or simply write books they like better.

And I discovered that I'll be reconfiguring the course to create separate Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced modules (which will save a LOT of those "dropped" modules, and let me do some of the modules I was most excited about).

I won't be doing them in linear order (all Beginner modules, then all Intermediate modules, then all Advanced modules)---rather, I'll be doing them based on votes, student comments, and general enthusiasm/need for particular modules. Here are direct links to all three of the first follow-up polls. If you haven't already voted on them, you can do so here:

What I really need to know now, though, is this---which are you: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced writer? (You do not have to have published to be advanced. You do need to have completed at least one novel or nonfiction book or several short stories.)
What kind of writer are you?
BEGINNER: I know I want to write, but I'm not sure how to start or keep going.
INTERMEDIATE: I write sometimes, but don't usually finish what I write (or love what I finish).
ADVANCED: I write and finish work regularly, and am looking for new techniques and refinements.
  
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About This Course

THE WRITING CRAFT is a different kind of writing course.

I'm building each lesson based on feedback from you---what you need to know, what you want to learn, how you want to get there. I ask you what you need, you use the polls and comments to tell me.

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P.S. If you're on the list and help me out, you'll get early notification and early-bird discounts when I release modules.

Each lesson in this video course:

  • will stand alone, requiring no extra purchases or lessons to learn the skill

  • will give you a thorough grounding in the skill you're learning if you're a beginner

  • will offer new insights and techniques if you've been writing for a while

  • will be built around feedback from you---I'll teach you exactly what you want to learn

  • You'll pick only the modules you need to master skills that you're currently lacking or weak in

  • No subscription, no timetable means you'll work without pressure

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