November Writing into the Dark
How to write clean, one-draft novels and stories without an outline or even an idea.
Learn how to write clean, first-draft novels and stories without ever outlining or rewriting.
Yes, it can be done and most long-time professional writers do just that.
Learn how to bring the fun of storytelling back to your writing and become more prolific along the way.
This class will be full of techniques, myth-busting, and exercises to help you learn to write clean, first-draft novels that never need to be rewritten.
If you automatically thought that can’t be done, you really need this workshop.
If you are trapped in the myth of rewriting things until they are mush, you really need this workshop.
If writing is no longer fun, you really, really need this workshop.
Everyone teaches the myths of outlining and rewriting. This class shows there is another way. A better and more fun way.
Your Instructor
With over twenty-three million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith now brings you original fiction every month for the past three years in his own magazine, Smith’s Monthly.
Dean wrote over twenty-five original Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, plus Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man novels, and others. He wrote many gaming novels including Final Fantasy.
He wrote novels and stories under almost fifty pen names and did scripts for Hollywood as well as being an editor for various magazines. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch. You can follow his writing life at www.deanwesleysmith.com
Course Curriculum
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StartDark Week #1, Session #1... What exactly is "Writing into the Dark?" (5:27)
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StartDark Week #1, Session #2... Fun... (6:47)
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StartDark Week #1, Session #3... Critical Voice and Myths. (6:22)
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StartDark Week #1, Session #4... Waste of time... (5:36)
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StartDark Week #1, Session #5... What does it feel like? (5:21)
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StartDark Week #1, Session #6... Glitch points and the structure of the workshop. (7:01)
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StartDark Assignment #1 (3:12)