The easy way to write short stories that sell – the video course

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The Easy Way to Write Short Stories That Sell will enable you to plan, write, submit, and sell your own commercial short stories, whether you want to get published by magazines, e-zines and/or in anthologies, or whether you prefer to go it alone – and start making money soon from your self-penned stories on Amazon Kindle.The course focuses on attaining a professional author’s mindset quickly, so that you can immediately begin to get inspired and become proficient enough to write commercial short stories for the marketplace.Included are over FIFTY personal VIDEO lectures on inspiration, genre conventions, instruction of characterization, plotting, structure, and fast writing, plus many text-based mini-courses that explore creative writing in more depth. Also included is an up to date listing of available (paying!) short story markets. “Master the Art of Short Story Writing with The World’s Foremost Writing Guru”* Harness your imagination quickly* Acquire the writing habit easily* Discover how to make your stories more commercial* Learn the habits of professional writers in just a few hours* Begin a new career as an author* Finally understand the needs of mainstream publishers and editors Discover the reality of a writer’s life, taught to you by the author of over thirty bestsellers.This course will take you on a thrilling journey, from acquiring the working writer’s mindset to thinking of compelling ideas; from learning how to structure stories for maximum effect to correctly formatting and submitting your stories to editors and publishers.At the end of this course you can expect to be able to write commercial short stories easily and perhaps begin a whole new career as a freelance, paid author.Rob Parnell has been teaching writing for almost two decades . That experience has been synthesized into this unique course, then specifically designed and structured to help the beginner move from wannabe writer to...

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Subjects

  • Presentation
  • Motivation
  • Teaching
  • Creative Writing
  • Art
  • Writing
  • Time management
  • Story Writing
  • Editors
  • Publishers

Course programme

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The Course

Introduction to Short Story Writing

00:05:00

Who Am I to Run This Course?

00:06:00

It’s All About Mindset

00:07:00

What Tools Do You Need To Succeed?

00:05:00

Mental Preparation

00:04:00

Time Management

00:05:00

Self Belief

00:02:00

Goal Setting

00:01:00

Subject Matter

00:04:00

Genre

00:07:00

Scope

00:02:00

Getting Ideas

00:02:00

The 7-Step Story Generator

00:02:00

Characters & Character Creation

00:03:00

Creating Protagonists

00:07:00

Character Motivation & Interactions

00:03:00

Story & Setting

00:03:00

The 5-Point Story Structure

00:02:00

Style & Tone

00:02:00

Point of View & Tense

00:03:00

Plotting & The Twist

00:03:00

Building a Short Story Template

00:02:00

Building a Short Story Template

00:02:00

All Hail Scrivener!

00:04:00

The Opening Paragraph

00:03:00

Fast Writing

00:04:00

The Second Draft

00:03:00

Polishing

00:04:00

It’s All About Presentation

00:03:00

Dealing With Rejection

00:01:00

Rights and Payment

00:01:00

Kindle Publishing

00:03:00

Conclusion Short Stories

00:01:00

The easy way to write short stories that sell – the video course

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