Week Two: Who Goes There? Defining Key Players to Expand Plot By the end of this week, you will have a short synopsis that will serve as the building block for the rest of the course.

Through this expand-as-you-go process, you’ll begin to build depth to your plot while allowing your story to develop organically rather than force it in an unnatural way. You will take the seed that is your story idea and begin to define just what your story is about. Week One: The Heart of the Story, Twice Removed With Ania, a bestselling horror and thriller author at the helm, you’ll define and polish your storyline, fine-tune the major players in your book, and leave this four-week course with a fully realized synopsis that will not only guide you along your writing journey, but also serve as your pitch to potential literary agents and publishing houses. Plot, story structure, characters where do you start?Īnd then there’s the ever-elusive question every writer struggles with: do I need an outline, or should I cross my fingers and wing it? Regardless of how many times you’ve been around the block, you’ve got a novel in you, but the idea of writing that first chapter can be overwhelming. Maybe you're prepping for NaNoWriMo.ĭoesn't matter. Maybe this is your fifth and you can’t seem to get your thoughts together. Maybe you’re about to embark on writing your first novel. Without a clear path, you'll find it's riddled with pitfalls.Īnd in Bestseller Bootcamp with Ania Ahlborn, you’ll start your book-writing journey with a clear path and newfound confidence that will get you to those two seemingly unreachable words: the end.

Writing a novel is like climbing a mountain.

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