Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn about narrative structure and the fundamentals of storytelling. Before you can have free reign over the prose, you need to establish a predefined structure. I will teach you how to do this. Then, as musicians improvise with melody, you can channel your affinity for storytelling to experiment a little. But first, let's master the fundamentals!”

In this video lesson João Tordo addresses the topic: Stages of Storytelling, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel. Develop an original idea into a compelling manuscript that’s ready to share with publishers by exploring story structure, characters, perspective, and editing.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Stages of Storytelling In this course, we'll take you through the various stages of a story. For you to come to fruition with your idea, we'll start by constructing those original thoughts and ideas, and then develop them. The first thing will be to establish three plot points. Those plot points will help you in the narrative. Then we'll move on to the first paragraph and the rewriting of that first paragraph will come later. We'll also write a major or a pivotal scene where tension is rising and your story will be much more consistent. We'll finish by writing a synopsis fit for an editor...”

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Course summary for: Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (31)
• 1532 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (3h 34m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing