Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Create Your 1st Draft in 32 days!

    • A message from the instructor

    • Outline and Objectives

    • Intro Survey
  • 2

    Days 1-2: Brainstorm Your Design

    • Days 1-2: Blueprint Basics
  • 3

    The Fundamentals: Entryway to Your Book House

    • Day 3: Characters

    • Day 4: Setting Sketch & List of places to Research

    • Day 5: Book Goals

    • Days 6-7: Genres, Threads, Scene Goals
  • 4

    The Family Room of your Book: Days 8-14

    • Day 8: Plot Thread A

    • Day 9: Plot Thread B, Research

    • Day 10: The Before Times Organizer, Day 11: Before Times MC & SC Synopsis

    • Day 12: Fact Files, Day 13: Now We're Talking, Day 14: Tidy The Jobsite
  • 5

    The Living Room of Your Word House: Development, Days 15-19

    • Day 15: Pick Your Poison, & Wait, it Gets Worse

    • Day 16: 1-Sentence Outlines of Acts 1-3

    • Day 17: Rough Cut Act 1

    • Days 18-19: Rough Chapters Act 2 & 3
  • 6

    Final steps: Days 20-32

    • Days 20-25: Spackling

    • Days 26-32: Finish Work

    • Before you go...

    • Thank you!