Courses

This course is for students who are ready to begin writing a novel—or who have already begun but hit a roadblock along the way. It would also benefit the student who has a fledgling idea for a novel but doesn’t quite know how to develop it. In this course, we will tackle essential novel-writing questions, including: Is our idea for a novel big enough? Is it interesting enough? How much do we need to plan before beginning to write? How much plot should we know beforehand? What point of view should we use? Are the characters well-developed? Do we know who they are and how they will change? And finally, how do we approach the writing itself? By the end of the course, students will discover how prewriting can help bring novel ideas into focus and prepare them for first-draft writing. They will also learn various ways to structure their time so they can make writing a regular practice in their lives.