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| 30 Days of Writing |
| Have you always wanted to write a book? When you sit down at your computer with a blank page in front of you, do you feel like you’re trying to scale this: |
| without a harness? Do you want to feel like this, instead? |
| Experts say you can develop a new habit in 30 DAYS. What are you waiting for? Start your writing habit NOW.
Join novelinspirations.com on October 1 SIGN UP NOW |
How do some writers pump out three books in a year?
It’s not a big secret. Editors, agents and authors alike say that one key to being published is to
write consistently.
As in, daily.
When you write and rewrite, you’ll hone your skills, not to mention create works of art in fiction
(or non-fiction).
Are you in the habit of writing daily?
Why not?
Do you want to change that?
According to the experts, it takes 30 days to develop a new habit. By taking the novelinspirations.
com 30 Days of Writing course, you will learn the discipline needed to develop your own habit.
Starts at a rate you can handle, with achievable daily wordcount quotas. As your discipline
increases, so will your wordcount.
If you complete the daily assignments and achieve your projected wordcount goal, you will be well
on your way to writing a novel. The course is designed so that if you continue writing at the same
pace you have reached at day 30, you will complete your novel in less than SIX MONTHS.
Lesson topics include:
• Realistic goal setting
• Get in the mood
• Self-encouragement
• Overcoming writer’s block
What you’ll receive with your enrollment:
.pdf of all lessons.
Goal chart. A customizable goal chart shows your daily goals through the 30-day course. Or
you can choose one of two provided tracks that set a goal of 10,000 words by the end of the course.
Daily accountability. Participants are encouraged to email their daily progress to the group
email list. If you don’t report in, you can expect your instructor to email you.
Daily scene starter. In case you get stuck, your instructor will post scene starters each day
that can help get your creative juices flowing.
Encouragement. By participating in the group, you can share your struggles and joys with
other writers who are trying to develop their writing habit, too. Build your confidence each day
that you meet your goal.
Continuing support. At the end of the course, each participant will be encouraged to join the
novelinspirations.com accountability email group. This is an email group for graduates only, and is
intended to provide a place for writers to share the valleys and peaks of their continuing writing
journey.
All this for only $30.00!
BONUS: at the end of the course, submit the work you have completed (limit 10,000 words – fiction
only), and receive a free critique from your instructor. Please note that this is not a line edit, but
will include comments on the following:
Characterization & GMC (goal, motivation, conflict)
Plot & pacing
Beginning/inciting incident
Dialogue
Setting
So what do you want to do? Continue piddling around in your writing and eventually give up?
Or start establishing a habit that will change your life and your writing career forever!
SIGN UP NOW
Recommended prework:
At a minimum, students should have a rough plot outline for their novel.
o See Randy Ingermanson’s Snowflake Method (www.advancedfictionwriting.com)
o Other resources: James Scott Bell’s Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction)
, Donald Maas’ Writing the Breakout Novel
SOTP writers should complete character sketches for each of their main characters and have
a rough idea of plot (i.e. four-sentence summary: a) main character’s background and inciting
incident; b) conflict that will carry the story; c) black point or conflict climax; d) resolution.)
o You can find a character chart here:
Character questions 1
Character questions 2
Character questions 1
Or do a google search for "character questionnaire".
o Other resources:
Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors
by Brandilyn Collins, Goal Motivation & Conflict by Debra Dixon (can be purchased here:
http://www.gryphonbooksforwriters.com/)
Instructor Bio:
Lacy J. Williams lives in Oklahoma with her ornery husband and two sweet dogs. She is a member of ACFW and serves as the Oklahoma Area Coordinator for that organization. She is the Editor of WIN Chimes, the monthly newsletter for the Tulsa ACFW chapter and writes reviews for Armchair Interviews and the Christian Suspense Zone. Lacy writes contemporary romance, historical romance and romantic suspense.
Lacy recently taught a brainstorming online course for ACFW and loves to help inspire other writers – in fact, that’s one of the main purposes of her website www.novelinspirations.com.
It’s not a big secret. Editors, agents and authors alike say that one key to being published is to
write consistently.
As in, daily.
When you write and rewrite, you’ll hone your skills, not to mention create works of art in fiction
(or non-fiction).
Are you in the habit of writing daily?
Why not?
Do you want to change that?
According to the experts, it takes 30 days to develop a new habit. By taking the novelinspirations.
com 30 Days of Writing course, you will learn the discipline needed to develop your own habit.
Starts at a rate you can handle, with achievable daily wordcount quotas. As your discipline
increases, so will your wordcount.
If you complete the daily assignments and achieve your projected wordcount goal, you will be well
on your way to writing a novel. The course is designed so that if you continue writing at the same
pace you have reached at day 30, you will complete your novel in less than SIX MONTHS.
Lesson topics include:
• Realistic goal setting
• Get in the mood
• Self-encouragement
• Overcoming writer’s block
What you’ll receive with your enrollment:
.pdf of all lessons.
Goal chart. A customizable goal chart shows your daily goals through the 30-day course. Or
you can choose one of two provided tracks that set a goal of 10,000 words by the end of the course.
Daily accountability. Participants are encouraged to email their daily progress to the group
email list. If you don’t report in, you can expect your instructor to email you.
Daily scene starter. In case you get stuck, your instructor will post scene starters each day
that can help get your creative juices flowing.
Encouragement. By participating in the group, you can share your struggles and joys with
other writers who are trying to develop their writing habit, too. Build your confidence each day
that you meet your goal.
Continuing support. At the end of the course, each participant will be encouraged to join the
novelinspirations.com accountability email group. This is an email group for graduates only, and is
intended to provide a place for writers to share the valleys and peaks of their continuing writing
journey.
All this for only $30.00!
BONUS: at the end of the course, submit the work you have completed (limit 10,000 words – fiction
only), and receive a free critique from your instructor. Please note that this is not a line edit, but
will include comments on the following:
Characterization & GMC (goal, motivation, conflict)
Plot & pacing
Beginning/inciting incident
Dialogue
Setting
So what do you want to do? Continue piddling around in your writing and eventually give up?
Or start establishing a habit that will change your life and your writing career forever!
SIGN UP NOW
Recommended prework:
At a minimum, students should have a rough plot outline for their novel.
o See Randy Ingermanson’s Snowflake Method (www.advancedfictionwriting.com)
o Other resources: James Scott Bell’s Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction)
, Donald Maas’ Writing the Breakout Novel
SOTP writers should complete character sketches for each of their main characters and have
a rough idea of plot (i.e. four-sentence summary: a) main character’s background and inciting
incident; b) conflict that will carry the story; c) black point or conflict climax; d) resolution.)
o You can find a character chart here:
Character questions 1
Character questions 2
Character questions 1
Or do a google search for "character questionnaire".
o Other resources:
Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors
by Brandilyn Collins, Goal Motivation & Conflict by Debra Dixon (can be purchased here: http://www.gryphonbooksforwriters.com/)
Instructor Bio:
Lacy J. Williams lives in Oklahoma with her ornery husband and two sweet dogs. She is a member of ACFW and serves as the Oklahoma Area Coordinator for that organization. She is the Editor of WIN Chimes, the monthly newsletter for the Tulsa ACFW chapter and writes reviews for Armchair Interviews and the Christian Suspense Zone. Lacy writes contemporary romance, historical romance and romantic suspense.
Lacy recently taught a brainstorming online course for ACFW and loves to help inspire other writers – in fact, that’s one of the main purposes of her website www.novelinspirations.com.
