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Challenge Yourself... 2,026 Words Per Day for 2026

Challenge Yourself to Write 2,026 Words Average Per Day For 2026

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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MINDSET: Optimism and Prosperity in 2026

How to get your mind ready for 2026. Five weeks.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Indie Publishing Promotion 2025

How to Promote Your Books in Indie Publishing in 2025... 9 Weeks with Assignments.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Licensing... How to Create a Brand

Licensing... Creating a Brand from Manuscript to Licensing Expo. 9 Weeks leading up to the 2026 Licensing Expo

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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How to Achieve Your Dreams

How to Achieve Your Dreams... Step by Step Guide to Writing More, Getting More Readers, and Making a Living with Your Writing... 9 Weeks with Assignments.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Lifetime Subscription to Pop-Up Classes

All Pop-Up Classes for Life

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Lifetime Subscription to Kickstarter Classics

Kickstarter Classic Workshops Lifetime Subscription 56 Kickstarter workshops with upwards of 16 new added every year. Each workshop is a $150 value.

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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The Kris and Dean Show Does DIE HARD

Kris and Dean will spend over three hours going over the movie DIE HARD and breaking it down for writers to learn so much from it.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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The Kris and Dean Show Does OCEAN'S 11 (George Clooney version)

Kris and Dean will spend over three hours going over the movie Ocean's 11and breaking it down for writers to learn so much from it.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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The Kris and Dean Show Does BACK TO THE FUTURE

Kris and Dean will spend over three hours going over the movie BACK TO THE FUTURE and breaking it down for writers to learn so much from it.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn Characterization

Classes on Character to Help You Learn How to Create Great Characters. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes each valued at $150 for a total of $1,050.00 Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Character Development 2... Character Voice 3... Character and Dialog 4... Author Voice 5... Point of View 6...Writing with Tags 7... Likable and Memorable Characters

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn Productivity

Different Classes to Help you Learn Productivity. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes each valued at $950.00 total Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Productivity 2... Clean First Draft 3... Writing into the Dark 4... Speed 5... Prolific 6...Pulp Speed 7... Stamina

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn to Write Science Fiction

Science Fiction classes to help you learn to write science fiction of all types. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes each valued at $150 for a total of $1,050.00 Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Writing Science Fiction 2... Science Fiction World Building 3... Cultures in Space Opera 4...Writing Time Travel 5...Writing Believable Aliens 6...Writing Science Fiction Invasions 7...Science Fiction Craft Study Along

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn Basic Licensing and Copyright

Different forms and types of classes to learn licensing. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes each valued at $150 or more. Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Licensing 101 2... Attend the 2023 Licensing Expo with Dean 3... Attend the 2024 Licensing Expo with Kris and Dean 4... Magic Bakery 5... Real Value of Your Writing 6...Nuts and Bolts of Copyright 7... Copyright Lecture

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn Basic Writing Business

Basic Business Classes for Writing and Publishing. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes valued at over $900.00. Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Magic Bakery 2... Heinlein's Rules 3... Basic Business of Publishing 4... Flexibility 5... Making More Than Coffee Money 6...Writing Business Structure 7...Kickstarter

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn Writing Attitude

Attitude classes to help your writing productivity. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes total Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Attitude 2...The Author Problem 3... Fear of Failure 4... Carving Out Time for Your Writing 5... Fear of Success 6...Business Attitude 7... Author Deadly Delusions

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn Beyond Simple Depth

Classes to take to really learn how to use depth in your stories beyond the basic depth classes. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes each valued at $150 for a total of $1,050.00 Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Plotting with Depth 2... Information Flow 3... Pacing 4... Power Words 5... Cliffhangers 6...Creating Tension 7... Emotion

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Focus Bundle to Learn Depth

Depth classes to take to really learn how to use depth in your stories. They are all in this bundle. 7 classes each valued at $150 for a total of $1,050.00 Classes to take in order... IGNORE ALL DATES... 1... Depth in Writing 2... Advanced Depth 3... Applied Depth 4... Research 5... Depth in Action 6...Born on Page One 7... Automatic Depth

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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A Fifty Year Perspective of Learning

Who were my mentors and what did I learn from them in 50 years.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Fifty Years of Learning from Mistakes

The amazing things I learned from mistakes in 50 years?

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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WRITING CAREER CAMP

4 Weeks of Writing Career Camp

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Fall Indie Writing Festival

4 Weeks of Indie Writing and Publishing Advice

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Creative Survival Bundle of all Four Quarters 2024

Every Monday Four Videos On Ways to Help Your Writing Career.

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Creative Survival 1st Quarter 2024

Every Monday Four Videos On Ways to Help Your Writing Career.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Creative Survival 2nd Quarter 2024

Every Monday Four Videos On Ways to Help Your Writing Career.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Creative Survival 3rd Quarter 2024

Every Monday Four Videos On Ways to Help Your Writing Career.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Creative Survival 4th Quarter 2024

Every Monday Four Videos On Ways to Help Your Writing Career.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Master Business Class

Online Master Business Class

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday Bundle All Four Quarters 2024

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 1st Quarter 2024

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 2nd Quarter 2024

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 3rd Quarter 2024

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 4th Quarter 2024

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Kickstarter Classic... Writing About the Vastness of Space

A Kickstarter Classic Workshop focused on writing about the vastness of space.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Kickstarter Classic... Writing Horror

A Kickstarter Classic Workshop focused on writing horror stories.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Kickstarter Classic... Writing Holiday Crime Stories

A Kickstarter Classic Workshop focused on writing holiday crime stories.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Kickstarter Classic... Writing Space Opera

A Kickstarter Classic Workshop focused on writing space opera stories.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Kickstarter Classic... Writing Mystery Stories

A Kickstarter Classic Workshop focused on writing mystery stories.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Kickstarter Classic... Writing Historical Science Fiction

A Kickstarter Classic Workshop focused on writing Historical Science Fiction stories.

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday Full Year

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

Course bundleBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 1st Quarter

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 2nd Quarter

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 3rd Quarter

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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Motivational Monday 4th Quarter

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

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#1 Pop-Up... The Comic Greats!

Remembering the Comic Greats: Julius Schwartz, Len Wein, and Stan Lee

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#3 Pop-Up... Short Romance Fiction

The History and the Reason to Write Short Romance Fiction

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#4 Pop-Up... Writing Clean First Draft

The Art of Writing a Clean First Draft

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#5 Pop-Up... Remaining Focused

How to Stay Focuses On Your Writing for An Entire Year

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#6 Pop-Up... Writing Mysteries into the Dark

The Art of Writing Mystery Novels into the Dark

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#7 Pop-Up... Second-Hand Sales

Understanding Second-Hand Sales and How to Use Them to Help Build Readers and Fans

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#8 Pop-Up... Kickstarter for Fiction Writers

Using Kickstarter to Promote Your Work and Make Some Money

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#9 Pop-Up... The Author Problem

How to Get Out of Your Own Way in Publishing

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#10 Pop-Up... Selling Fun for Fiction Writers

Ways to Keep Short Story Publishing Fun!

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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#11 Pop-Up... Thinking Big For Fiction Writers

How to Dream and Think Big As A Fiction Writer

CourseBy Dean Wesley Smith

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