Masterclass 1: use these prompts to write a novel

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Writing Great Chapters
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Masterclass 1: use these prompts to write a novel

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Writing Great Chapters

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Instructor

Daniel

How to Write a Chapter

2 Chapters

Build up tension

How to Use this Course

How Long Should a Chapter Be? Answer: 1-2 Unicorns

The Components of a Dramatic, Easy-to-Read Scene

How to End a Chapter

Use Orientations to Anchor your Reader

The Trouble with Exciting Scenes

Pulses and Motion

How to Introduce a “Lyrical Moment”

Set Backs, Pauses, and Relocations

Bonus Lesson: Open Loops

Bonus lesson: On Chapter Endings

Why people like your protagonist

Your Protagonist’s Two Plot Traits

Protagonist First Aid

The Sympathetic Villain

How to Build Tension Through Your Chapters — Smoothly

Linking Chapters and Scenes to Create a Page-Turning Book

Transition Smoothly Between Chapters

The Ladder of POV

The Three Necessary Scenes Before a Twist

Crucial Scenes for your Novel

The I Wish Scene

The “I’ve Changed” Scene

Frustrated Exposition

The "Clarifying the Stakes" scene

The Big Decision Scene

How to write a “Tour de Force”

Share a Vivid, Real World on the Page

Writing Great Dialogue

Five Tips for Compelling Dialogue

Guarantee that Each Character Sounds Unique

Layering detail and description

What Chekhov Actually Said

The Busy Writer’s Guide to Evocative Description

Don’t Hate Me, But: No One Needs Eye Colour

Send Off

Masterclass 1: use these prompts to write a novel

Masterclass 2: write an exquisite scene

Final Thoughts

Bonus lesson: WGC training session