Writing Fiction: Advanced Craft (Online course)
Class information
Writing Fiction: Advanced Craft is a 6-session online course for writers with a novel-in-progress. In these live, facilitator-led sessions, we’ll tackle some of the common problems that arise while writing and rewriting manuscripts, including:
Creating and sustaining a robust and engaging story
Ensuring your characters drive the plot
Streamlining point of view
Managing subplots
Ordering plot points and scenes for the greatest effect
Incorporating (and weathering) reader feedback.
Each session will include writing prompts to limber up your imagination and help you work through creative blocks, as well as a workshop on a specific area of craft. Students will have the opportunity to discuss their works in progress and share small excerpts with the class.
Focus areas
Session 1: Scene-craft
Session 2: Story and structure
Session 3: Character arcs and agency
Session 4: Managing time (inc. tense, pacing and flashbacks)
Session 5: Advanced point-of-view
Session 6: Polishing your work
Who will it suit?
This course is suited to writers at all stages of the novel-writing process (first draft, second draft, third draft and beyond). You will get the most out of it if you have a current work in progress (at least 10,000 words).
If you have a story idea you wish to develop but haven’t yet started, consider my other short course: Writing Fiction: Finding Inspiration & Developing your Craft.
Delivery
This class will be taught using Zoom. Participants are not required to have their webcams on but will be invited to participate via audio and message thread. Please let me know prior to booking if you would like to take the class but are under 18 years of age.
Class sizes will be kept small to ensure a personalised, interactive experience (min. 3, max. 10).
Students will receive a digital handout of class resources.
Pricing
Course only: $360
Course + written feedback on 2000 words of your work: $420
Facilitator
Susie Thatcher
Available dates
Please register your interest via the form below to be informed of upcoming class dates