Understand what makes a story so you can make your story great.

What Will I Learn?

• You'll gain a better understand how the elements of story work and how to ramp them up in order engage the audience more profoundly.
• At the end of this course, you’ll come away with some very focused questions to ask of your own work, and you’ll be better equipped to see exactly where and how your stories are weak and can be improved.

Requirements
You'll get more from the class if you have a draft of a story you can work with, but none is required.

Description

At the end of the day it's simple: what publishers and agents want is writing they can't set down. This goes for memoirs and character-driven literary stories as much as it goes for thrillers and spy novels. If you want to avoid rejection letters that claim your piece was “not compelling enough,” or “just didn’t grab me,” you need to get the proverbial ball rolling and then keep it rolling. The courses in my Momentum series examine various techniques to achieve maximum momentum in your writing, but it all begins here, with this free introductory class on the crucial elements of story.

Who is the target audience?

Both beginning and seasoned storytellers can benefit from a deeper understanding of story.