Advanced Novel Writing with Harry Potter Watch Preview


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Welcome to the Class

So glad to have you in the course. Here's a rundown on what you'll learn and who I am. Also, please take a moment and introduce yourself!

Chapter 1 The Boy Who Lived

Understand the importance of opening action and how to set the rules of your book.

POV Choice and Application

Know what POV is right for your writing and how it can help you make decisions as the storyteller.

Chapter 2 The Vanishing Glass

Creating a Deep Protagonist Introduction.

Chapter 3 The Letters From No One

Using Try-Fail-Cycles to write each scene.

Mood, Setting, and Mystery

Learn to apply Mood, Setting, and Mystery to your writing.

Chapter 4 The Keeper of the Keys

The importance of Contrast and Comparison.

Chapter 5 Diagon Alley

The basics of a foil and how to give your story a Dance Scene.

Chapter 6 The Journey From Platform Nine and Three Quarters

Learn how to use character types.

The Protagonist Must Choose

Move the Protagonist from Act 1 to Act 2.

Chapter 7 The Sorting Hat

Setting up the A Story and B Story.

Chapter 8 The Potions Master

Using your protagonist's goals to create problems.

The Antagonist

Understanding the different levels of antagonism.

Chapter 9 The Midnight Duel

Advanced Story Weave to master the muddy middle.

Chapter 10 Halloween

Deploying an Initial Success.

Chapter 11 Quidditch

How to assemble your A Team.

Chapter 12 The Mirror of Erised

Reinforce what you've created.

Chapter 13 Nicolas Flamel

Why the Protagonist must act, not react.

Chapter 14 Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

Creating a moment of Total Failure.

Chapter 15 The Forbidden Forest

Chapter 16 Through the Trapdoor

Chapter 17 The Man With Two Faces

The Psychology of Reading

Let me introduce you to the world of emotionally connecting with your reader. Clear ways to identify who your audience is and how to write for them.