Would you like your writing to take off in directions that surprise even you?
With this self-paced course, “How to Think Sideways,” full-time author Holly Lisle can help you whip your muse into shape with proven techniques that will open the floodgates of your creativity.
Every writer has read a book and wondered how the author came up with that plot twist, seemingly from left field. With the How To Think Sideways course, Holly is not only going to stimulate your idea generation, but will show you how to do it on a deadline. She will also show you how to effectively plan your projects as well as walk you through the beginning, middle and ending sections of your novel.
Lee Masterson, an author from Australia, had this to say about the course:
“Holly, I’ve been writing professionally for a living for the past 9 years and your Lesson 1, Break the Thinking Barriers, made me think long and hard about what I’ve been doing all this time and what I’d rather be doing–and why I haven’t been doing it all this time. Thank you for the wake up call–and thanks also for the brutal honesty.”
This course, delivered in weekly lessons, includes:
- Monthly video that covers the month’s main topic
- Weekly lessons with assignments
- Weekly technique demonstrations
- Monthly checklist of all steps to take
- A monthly Q&A made up of questions taken from the course forums
- Private workgroups (optional)
- Class discussion forum to interact with other students
Writers spend hundreds of dollars taking courses to learn more about their craft. At $47 a month for 6 months (or $25/month if you spread it out over a year), “How to Think Sideways” goes above and beyond, showing you how to make the most of your imagination.
Here is a closer look at what you will be learning.
Month 1
Sideways Thinking: Ideas
Week 1: How to Break the Four “Thinking” Barriers to Your Success
Week 2: How to Discover Your Writing “Sweet Spot”
Week 3: How to Generate Ideas On a Deadline
Week 4: How to Recognize and Build On Good Ideas
Month 2
Sideways Thinking: Project Planning
Week 5: How to Define Your Project’s Needs
Week 6: How to Discover (or Create) Your Project’s Market
Week 7: How to Develop Your Personal Project System
Week 8: How to Plan Your Project While NOT Killing Your Story
Month 3
Sideways Thinking: First Chapters
Week 9: How to Write From Inside Your Story
Week 10: How to “Plan” Surprises that Surprise Even You
Week 11: How to Design Compelling Queries, Proposals, and Sample Chapters
Week 12: How to Create, Complicate, and Solve Problems
Month 4
Sideways Thinking: Middles
Week 13: “Can’t I Just Kill Them All?” How to Fall In Love With Your Project A Second Time
Week 14: How to Find and Use Your “Planned” Surprises
Week 15: How to “Hire” Spies, and Why Your Project Needs Them
Week 16: How to Assess Your Progress and Make Mid-Course Corrections
Month 5
Sideways Thinking: Endings
Week 17: How to Work With Editors, Agents, Marketing Departments, and Artists, and Not Wreck Your Project.
Week 18: How to Find the RIGHT Ending
Week 19: How to Bend Your Plan Without Breaking It
Week 20: How to Write the Ending That Sells the Next Book
Month 6
Sideways Thinking: Wrap Up/Start Again
Week 21: How to Plan Your Revision
Week 22: How to NOT Fix What Ain’t Broken (While Still Fixing What Is)
Week 23v How to Deliver What You Promised and What They Want On Deadline
Week 24: How to NOT Be a One-Book Wonder—Learn to Produce Repeatable Results
As you can see, this course packs quite a punch! So if you want to learn how to think sideways and become the best writer you ever thought you could be…you should check out this course.
Yes, Procrastinating Writers–I am a HUGE fan of Holly Lisle and all her writing advice. She’s always has a motivating word to say and her insights truly hit the nail on the head. This course is chock-full of those Holly insights that I love so much. If you want to improve your writing and learn how to think from other viewpoints, you need this course. (Also, for your first-time novelers out there, this course will help you figure out your entire book, from start to finish.)
thanks for reading…jb
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