As a former university lab instructor and community college adjunct instructor, Elizabeth is excited to be teaching online courses on writing and offering writing mentoring alongside them. These classes will be for teens and adults who want a fun and engaging class to help them through the process of learning to write a novel. It’s a great class for those who want to succeed at NaNoWriMo as well. The courses are also appropriate for homeschoolers looking for an elective or language arts credit.
Lessons consist of videos (roughly 45 minutes to 1 hr per lesson) plus assignments, a workbook to go along with the video, a short story written over the course of the class, and assigned reading of two nonfiction books for a strong foundation in grammar and self-editing for fiction. You will have access to the course for three years, giving you some flexibility as well as an incentive to finish it and your story.
If you’re looking for a homeschool course but the number of lessons (15 or 30) isn’t enough for your homeschool semester or year (I realize there is a lot of variability), let me know. I can build bonus lessons to make up for the extra weeks. The course is currently pass/fail, based on completion of the assignments and the short story. If you would like quizzes or a teacher guide with answers to the workbook questions related to the video, let me know, and I can work on developing those. There is also the mentor option, where I give feedback to the assignments and give a certificate of completion at the end of the course.
Courses
I. W.R.I.T.E.: How to Write a Novel – Full edition This is the full 30-week course. The first half consists of lessons designed to help you understand the craft of story with a focus on creating characters, story worlds, plot, and the goals and conflict needed to drive the story. We talk about getting ideas, finishing the novel, and what readers want in novels. Midway through, we discuss creating book proposals, as if submitting to a literary agent, because the skills needed for this will make you a better writer no matter your writing goals. The second half of the course focuses on the words–description, dialogue, scene and sequel, show/don’t tell, and self-editing. We also discuss indie and traditional publishing. Throughout the course, we work on a ~20,000-word short story retelling of “Beauty and the Beast.”
To learn more about this course or to purchase, follow this link: https://i-write-with-ej-kitchens.teachable.com/p/i-w-r-i-t-e-how-to-write-a-novel1
I. W.R.I.T.E.: How to Write a Novel – Story edition This a 15-week course focusing on the story elements of writing a novel. It is designed to help you understand the craft of story with a focus on creating characters, story worlds, plot, and the goals and conflict needed to drive the story. We talk about getting ideas, finishing the novel, and what readers want in novels. We also discuss indie and traditional publishing. Throughout the course, we work on a roughly 20,000-word short story retelling of “Beauty and the Beast.”
To learn more about this or to sign up, follow this link: https://i-write-with-ej-kitchens.teachable.com/p/i-w-r-i-t-e-how-to-write-a-novel11
I. W.R.I.T.E.: How to Write a Novel – Words edition This is a 15-week course. This course focuses on the words of a novel–description, dialogue, scene and sequel, show/don’t tell, and self-editing. We also discuss indie and traditional publishing. Throughout the course, we work on a ~20,000-word short story retelling of “Beauty and the Beast.” (***This course is not offered yet.***)
Mentoring
Elizabeth offers a mentoring option to go with each course where she “grades” assignments and gives feedback on the short story (she is a professional editor as well as an author). She also hosts a monthly live Q&A.
Link to learn more about mentoring: https://i-write-with-ej-kitchens.teachable.com/p/i-w-r-i-t-e-how-to-write-a-novel-story-track-mentoring.
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