It’s official. I am now a book coach in training
For some time now (well over a year) I have been thinking about training to become an accredited writing/book coach. This came about as I often receive requests to do a developmental edit for new authors, but sometimes an edit isn't enough, or rather, it isn't the...
Coursera: The Craft of Plot – passed
Coursera's 'The craft of Plot' is one of five courses in the creative writing category. I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the basics and also to try and get back into the habit of doing a little writing myself. In order to earn this certificate, I had to...
The Craft of Plot (Coursera) Week Four Assignment
The final week of The Craft of Plot was all about the editing and revision process (my favourite subject strangely enough). I'm not going to detail this week's lesson as this is a topic I'd like to tackle in a post of its own (with a view to helping authors keep their...
The Craft of Plot (Coursera) Week Two Assignment
Week two was all about story structure. It discussed Aristotle's three-act structure (that of a beginning, middle and end) and Horace's five-act structure, which was further explained as: A: Action B: Background D: Development C: Climax E: Ending[divider] My...
The Craft of Plot (Coursera) : Week one assignment
Week one of Coursera's 'The Craft of Plot' discussed the differences between story and plot, the structure of plot (exposition through to denouement) and then turned its attention to the Rising Action that is oh so important in preventing your character from getting...
Coursera: The Craft of Plot
Despite being super busy with all my editing, I have decided to revisit the basics and signed up to Coursera's 'The Craft of Plot,' which is a four-week course being taught by Brando Skyhorse, a creative writing professor at Wesleyan University. The course examines...