A Self-Editing Master Class for Fiction Authors
Who is this course for?
- Authors looking to do a deep dive into the writing craft
What you’ll learn
- Engage your readers on deeper emotional levels and create Rabid Fans!
- Make your story more immersive, enrapturing nearly ALL of their senses, creating a desire for more, More, MORE!
- Sharpen your language so that no simple editing mistakes trigger your readers to "come back to reality" right when the story was just getting good.
About the course
In Refine Your Lines, you’ll learn to make your story more immersive, which means more engaged readers who will become superfans as opposed to moving on to the next author without so much as a backward glance.
In Refine Your Lines, you’ll learn to make your story more immersive, which means more engaged readers who will become superfans as opposed to moving on to the next author without so much as a backward glance.
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Course Content
Lesson Name & What’s Included
The Fundamentals
6 lessons
Overviews of various grammar and story concepts, ensuring you're up to speed and never feel lost as you work your way through the course.
Grammar: Parts of Speech
16 minutes
Speech Attribution
3 minutes
Infodumps
3 minutes
Point of View
7 minutes
Show vs. Tell
5 minutes
Tenses: Past, Present, and Future
4 minutes
Key Takeaways
11 lessons
Lessons feature an in-depth look at the core areas where your craft supports or sabotages your story.
Avoiding Infodumps
57 minutes
Dialogue Mechanics
24 minutes
Show vs. Tell in Dialogue
47 minutes
Carrying Show vs. Tell Forward to Your Narrative
27 minutes
Deepening Your Point of View and Strengthening Your Protagonist's Voice
1 hour, 8 minutes
Overwriting and How to Avoid It
49 minutes
Saying It Once—Trust Your Reader
31 minutes
Tense Issues
52 minutes
The Dreaded Play-by-Play
37 minutes
Advanced Tips
2 lessons
Networking as an author and using MS Word to its fullest.
Make Your Life Easier—Use Styles in Microsoft Word
47 minutes
Going Beyond This Course
30 minutes
Bonus Resources
Grammar Bites
Instructor
Anne Victory
You may be wondering why the hell you should listen to Anne Victory or what she could possibly teach you. That's fair. 🙂 Anne has been editing for over a decade. She edits for NY Times and USA Today best-selling authors, including Dannika Dark, Dianne Duvall, Elizabeth Hunter, Gena Showalter, Ilona Andrews, Lynn Raye Harris, Nalini Singh, and Thea Harrison. To date, she’s edited almost 500 books. Anne is also the cofounder of the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals. And, finally, she’s the chief cook and bottle washer for her husband, a boisterous spaniel who loves to wear dresses, two cats, and two birds.
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