Description
Some authors can whiz through their manuscripts, completing tomes of 60 to 80K in a matter of weeks.
Others can do 90K+ in a matter of months, while others stay stuck on page one, or buried in middle
chapters, or waded down in the morass of a draft that one’s agonized soul believes should have been
completed by now.
Stop the Guilt.
Authors should work guilt free. With the proper tools and techniques, anyone can master any draft. The
Write Fast, Write Now approach teaches writers how to discover their natural writing pace, the tools to
increase success, and the fast synopsis method which will guide their plots to completion.
This class will include:
1. Exercises to Determine Your Writing Speed
2. Introduce the Concepts of the Fast Draft, the Fast Outline, and the Fast Synopsis
3. Handouts on Building Your Writing Environment:
a. Dropbox Bible (with the Scrivener Enhanced Version)
b. Building Your World on Paper
c. Character Cheat Sheets
4. Writing Regimens
a. Daily Writing Commitment
b. Weekly/Monthly Schedules
c. Word Count Tools
d. Incorporating other processes: Save The Cat, etc.
5. The Philosophy of Owning Your Speed and Process
a. Avoiding Guilt by Accepting Commitment
b. New Mantra – Speed is not a Competition
c. The 1st Draft Mentality – Avoiding the Pitfall of Perfecting Things on a 1st Draft
6. Ways of Going from Draft to Done
a. Layering
b. Theming
c. Editing
Master Class Audience: From Beginners to Pros and all procrastinators
Time Allotment: From 3-4 hours (can be adjusted based on exercises completed in class)
Cancellation Policy:
- No refunds
