Write a Novel in a Month as Part of National Novel Writing Month

WRITING X 413.7E

Dive right into to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) with this workshop designed to help you achieve success with pre- and post-November activities.

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Starting at $300.00
As few as 9 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Learn strategies to succeed in the fast-paced 30-day novel writing challenge
  • Plot out your novel’s basic story and structure
  • Write for five weeks in a supportive community of committed writers
  • Workshop your work-in-progress to get insight on how to edit and proceed with your draft
  • Identify ways to move your work toward publication

About this course:

Write a novel in a month! Is it possible? Over 100,000 writers around the world in 2016 thought so. The challenge of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is to write an entire draft of a 50,000-word novel over the 30 days of November. Before launching into one of the wildest writing experiences ever, you meet twice with the instructor and classmates to develop the essential strategies you need to complete your novel draft. Then, for the next five weeks of this "write-shop," you write with the instructor offering writing exercises and tips designed to generate material and move your draft along, word-by-word, to the 50,000-word goal. At the eighth meeting, we discuss the next steps in moving you toward publication and have a class reading, just like a published author would. Our last two classes are workshops to get you started on the revision process.  You come out of the course with a draft of your novel, a start in revising, and the tools to decide where to go from there. Come prepared with writing materials.

Fall 2024 Schedule

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Sunday, Saturday 10:00AM - 1:00PM PT
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Instructor: Ian Randall Wilson
399422
Fee:
$300.00
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Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required. 

This course is held via video teleconference. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation. Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after November 02, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty
(Optional) The No Plot? No Problem! Novel-Writing Kit (Hardcover) by Chris Baty
Schedule
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Sat Oct 19, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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Sat Oct 26, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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Sat Nov 2, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Sat Nov 9, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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Sat Nov 16, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Sat Nov 23, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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Sat Nov 30, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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Sat Dec 7, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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Sat Dec 14, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
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Sun Dec 15, 2024
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Remote Classroom

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