Be a Writer Now

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome
2. Printing the lessons
3. Writing every day
4. A gift for you
5. Scheduling time
6. Exercise
7. Your writing routine
8. Warm-up
9. Exercise
10. Reward
11. Exercise
12. The night before
13. Emergency plan
14. Homework - part 1
15. Homework - part 2
16. Homework - part 3
17. See you tomorrow
18. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. This is real.
2. Play-time
3. Conquering perfectionism
4. You don't need perfect circumstances.
5. "Embrace the shake"
6. What now
7. Optional writing prompt
8. See you tomorrow
9. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Checking in
2. Common fears - fear of failure
3. Fear of failure (continued)
4. Fear of not being good enough
5. Fear of not being good enough (continued)
6. Fear of being a "fake"
7. Fear of ruining it
8. Fear of ruining it (continued)
9. Next steps
10. Optional writing prompt
11. See you tomorrow
12. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Welcome
2. Privacy
3. Focus
4. Focus (continued)
5. The secret to happiness
6. Next steps
7. Optional writing prompt
8. Homework
9. See you tomorrow
10. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Design your space
2. Writing space
3. Writing space (continued)
4. Mental space
5. Next steps
6. Optional writing prompt
7. Homework
8. See you tomorrow
9. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Letter to yourself
2. Your inspiration bookshelf
3. Your inspiration bookshelf (continued)
4. Idea laboratory
5. Warm-up
6. School
7. Community
8. Next steps
9. Optional writing prompt
10. Homework
11. Optional homework
12. See you tomorrow
13. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Aerating your schedule
2. Your Time Audit
3. What can you give up?
4. What can you do more efficiently?
5. Exercise
6. Next steps
7. Optional writing prompt
8. Homework
9. See you tomorrow
10. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Congratulations
2. The power of your mind
3. The power of your mind (continued)
4. Designing your mindset
5. Suggested phrases
6. Exercise
7. Next steps
8. Optional writing prompt
9. See you tomorrow
10. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. The key to everything
2. Inspiration
3. Trust the process
4. Focus on the process
5. Enjoy the process
6. Next steps
7. Optional writing prompt
8. See you tomorrow
9. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Gifts to yourself
2. Visualize the next scene
3. Collect ideas
4. Give yourself a prompt
5. Choose the right stopping point
6. Encourage yourself
7. Next steps
8. Optional writing prompt
9. Homework
10. Optional homework
11. See you tomorrow
12. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Welcome
2. Plot structure
3. Ideas for characters
4. Ideas for story problems
5. Poetry ideas
6. Next steps
7. Homework
8. See you tomorrow
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1. Prewriting
2. Character profiles
3. Pictures
4. Thematic words
5. Random scenes and phrases
6. Idea maps
7. Index cards
8. Next steps
9. Optional writing prompt
10. Optional Homework 1
11. Optional Homework 2
12. See you tomorrow
13. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Getting started
2. Start anywhere
3. Start anywhere (continued)
4. Just take notes
5. Next steps
6. Optional writing prompts
7. See you tomorrow
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1. Welcome
2. Observing
3. Observing (continued)
4. Daydreaming
5. Next steps
6. Optional writing prompt
7. Optional homework
8. See you tomorrow
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1. Congratulations
2. "Why?"
3. "What if?"
4. Taking things to extremes
5. Exercise
6. Next steps
7. Optional homework
8. See you tomorrow
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1. Your own style
2. Expanding your influences
3. Expanding your influences (continued)
4. Practice
5. Next steps
6. Optional writing prompt
7. See you tomorrow
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1. What is an original idea?
2. What is an original idea? (continued)
3. Use TV listings
4. Use TV listings (continued)
5. Exercise
6. Get ideas from your reading
7. Get ideas from your reading (continued)
8. Poetry ideas
9. Exercise
10. Use myths or folktales
11. Next steps
12. Optional Homework 1
13. Optional Homework 2
14. See you tomorrow
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1. Combination
2. Combination (continued)
3. Randomness
4. Randomness (continued)
5. Exercise
6. Next steps
7. Optional homework
8. See you tomorrow
9. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Embrace the Shake
2. Optional writing prompt
3. See you tomorrow
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1. Limitations
2. Problem-finding
3. Sample challenges
4. Using limitations that life presents
5. Exercise
6. Next steps
7. Optional writing prompt
8. Optional exercise
9. See you tomorrow
10. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Imagine your house...
2. Your character's perspective
3. An expert perspective
4. Next steps
5. See you tomorrow
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1. Congratulations
2. Surprise
3. Subvert expectations
4. Optional Exercise 1
5. Optional Exercise 2
6. Next steps
7. See you tomorrow
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1. Analogy
2. Exercise - Part 1
3. Exercise - Part 2
4. Cross-pollination
5. Context
6. Optional Exercise 1
7. Optional Exercise 2
8. Next steps
9. See you tomorrow
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1. The best way to have a good idea...
2. The best way (continued)
3. Exercise
4. Next steps
5. Optional homework
6. See you tomorrow
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1. Question your assumptions
2. Get rid of your favorite part
3. Get rid of everything else
4. Question the rules
5. Next steps
6. Optional writing prompt
7. See you tomorrow
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1. The thrill of new ideas
2. The thrill of new ideas (continued)
3. How to resist temptation
4. How to keep the passion burning
5. Next steps
6. Optional writing prompt
7. See you tomorrow
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1. Welcome
2. For poets - return to the subject
3. For poets - related topics or themes
4. For poets - get your brain working
5. For fiction writers - questions to ask
6. For fiction writers - plot complications
7. Next steps
8. Optional writing prompt
9. See you tomorrow
10. Next steps
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1. Welcome
2. Just keep going
3. Take a break
4. Dictate, act, or draw it
5. Explain the problem
6. Imagine what someone else would do
7. Things to remember
8. Next steps
9. Optional writing prompt
10. See you tomorrow
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1. Congratulations
2. Fudge it
3. Make a list
4. Interview your character
5. Question your assumptions
6. Change point of view
7. Start somewhere else
8. Next steps
9. Optional writing prompt
10. See you tomorrow
11. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Stages in the writing process
2. Stages (continued)
3. Revision and polishing
4. Revision and polishing (continued)
5. The ideal version
6. Congratulations
7. Your gift
8. Next steps
9. Optional writing prompt
10. Homework
11. Printable PDF of this lesson
1. Ideas and Resources
1. Welcome to our Writer's Group
1. Sample section
2. BWN-Day1
1. Sample video
1. Lesson

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Creative Writing Now

Be a Writer Now

Course curriculum

Day 1 - Your Writing Routine

Day 2 - Perfectionism

Day 3 - Overcome Fear

Day 4 - Achieve Focus

Day 5 - Design Your Space

Day 6 - Your Inspiration Bookshelf

Day 7 - Design Your Time

Day 8 - Design Your Mindset

Day 9 - Focus on the Process

Day 10 - Gifts to Yourself

Day 11 - Getting Ideas

Day 12 - Prewriting

Day 13 - Getting Started

Day 14 - Writing All the Time

Day 15 - The Magic Questions

Day 16 - Influence

Day 17 - Originality

Day 18 - Combination

Day 19 - Embrace the Shake

Day 20 - Limitations

Day 21 – Changing Perspective

Day 22 – Surprise

Day 23 – Analogy

Day 24 - Lists

Day 25 – Question Assumptions

Day 26 - Finishing

Day 27 - Return to Your Idea

Day 28 - Overcome Blocks and Problems 1

Day 29 - Overcome Blocks and Problems 2

Day 30 – Revision

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Class Writer's Group

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