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Class Curriculum Part Two…

Since HolidaySale Is Going On…

Figured I would continue updating the curriculum of the courses. I still have to update the Pop-Up classes, but will do that tomorrow.

The HolidaySale is half price on anything on Teachable. Classes, workshops, pop-ups, challenges, subscriptions. Just hit purchase on anything you want and put in HolidaySale code on the next page and hit “apply” to get the course at half price.

So here are some of the classes with different ways to sort them. Also the new series of collection classes are below as well.

ATTITUDE  FOCUSED COURSES

If you are having trouble with your attitude about writing, getting to the computer, and so on, here is a list of workshops that would help you. Don’t even think of starting into these workshops without first getting the lecture on Heinlein’s Rules. Or read my blog posts or get my book about the topic. And yes, a couple of these workshops are also on the craft workshop list.

I would take these in the order I have them listed.

1… Attitude Workshop (will be classic workshop…not there yet)
2… Killing the Critical Voice
3… Writing into the Dark
4… The Magic Bakery (classic workshop)
5… Publishing 101
6… Speed (Depth workshop required)
7… Productivity (classic workshop)
8… Edit Your Own Work (classic workshop)
9… Making a Living Writing Novels 

ALSO… You might want to consider the Decade Ahead quarters and Licensing Transition (Both now extended for another year on all of them and will restart next month.)

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BUSINESS FOCUSED COURSES

If you are having trouble with your publishing and business of writing and so on, here is a list of workshops that would help you. Don’t even think of starting into these workshops without first getting the lecture on Heinlein’s Rules. Or read my blog posts or get my book about the topic. And yes, a couple of these workshops are also on the craft workshop list. Also, you might want to do the lecture… Stages of a Fiction Writer.

1… Publishing 101
2… Covers 101
3… The Magic Bakery (classic workshop)
4… Sales Writing
5… Advanced Business Lecture Bundle (all 6)
6… The Future Series (all 4)
7… Shared World Class (will be doing a second wave this spring)
8… Productivity (classic workshop)
9… Making a Living Writing Novels

The order above is my suggested order.

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GENRE FOCUSED COURSES

… Writing Romance (classic workshop)
… Writing Mystery (classic workshop)
… Writing Fantasy (classic workshop)
… Writing Thrillers (classic workshop)
… Writing Science Fiction (classic workshop)
… Genre Structure (classic workshop)

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TOPIC FOCUSED COLLECTIONS CLASSES

These are nine weeks long and you end up with a five story collection at the end. And yes, you can take all six. You write five stories in this as well as everything else, so one at a time.

… Relationship Collection Class 
… Portals Collection Class 
… Private Eye Collection Class 
… Fantasy Collection Class 
… Holidays Collection Class
… Heroes and Heroines Collection Class

Again, with the collection classes, you actually publish your collection in the 9th week.

Again, the HolidaySale is half price on anything on Teachable. Classes, workshops, pop-ups, challenges, subscriptions. Just hit purchase on anything you want and put in HolidaySale code on the next page and hit “apply” to get the course at half price.

5 Comments

  • Frank Theodat

    Thanks for putting this together, Dean. It’s greatly appreciated!

    Wondering what your thoughts are on self-editing vs. hiring an editor? I know developmental editors are a big “no no”, but I’m asking more among the lines of seeking out a copy editor for my work.

    I’ve just started the “Edit Your Own Work” workshop and so far it’s helping me to write clean copy the first time around…something I’ve greatly improved on. But I keep getting second thoughts of hiring a copy editor to look at my short stories and novellas anyway. Something tells me this is just my critical voice throwing out excuses to not publish work when I’ve finished writing.

    As always, appreciate your insight! Hope you and Kris had a nice, relaxing Turkey Day.

    • dwsmith

      Frank, find a friend who likes to look for typos. Or go down to your local library or Junior College and tell them you are a writer and would love to let someone read your most recent work in exchange for finding typos. You can pay them a little if you want, but often you find people who love to read and would love to help a writer. Or read your story out loud to yourself. That will find most problems. Finding typos is an important thing. Stay away from story editors. Quickest way to ruin and stop your writing.

    • Denise Gaskins

      A quick copy-edit is good practice before publication. You’ll never catch all the typos (they’re like whack-a-mole), but at least you can correct the most egregious ones.

      I like using an app like AIReader that will read the text aloud while I follow along. Amazing how many glitches I catch that way!

      But then, I’m a tinkerer who enjoys the process of editing (and I write nonfiction). My daughter writes fiction, and she hates to revisit a story after she’s finished it. If you’re like that, and especially if you struggle with your critical voice, finding a local volunteer is probably your best option.