The Novel Bootcamp Series: Writing a novel or memoir can feel overwhelming, but through the Novel Bootcamp series you can get a handle on all aspects of creating a book-length manuscript. Each four-week part of the series focuses on a particular area of craft and creativity. You can take the Bootcamp parts in any order. No matter where you are in the writing process, from developing the scaffolding for a book to improving a completed draft, Novel Bootcamp is for you.
Part II: Narrative Strategy – In this class, we’ll find the best way to tell our tales, focusing on how our narrative strategies work organically with our tales. We’ll look at point of view, voice, vision, psychic distance, language, etc., trying to answer the basic questions of who is telling the story, where the story is being told from, why the story is important, what will set the voice apart, and who the audience might be.
This class consists of lecture, discussion, and both in-class and at-home writing (heavily weighted toward at-home). You’ll have an opportunity to share some of your exercises in class, but this is not a workshop, and any critique is focused on a particular aspect of story and/or an element of craft.
