Would you like to write a book or just a short story, but you don’t know how and where to start?
Have you already started writing a story but don’t know how to continue or finish it?
Maybe you are scared of the first attempt because you are afraid of whether you can do it.
As the years go by, is the urge growing in you to transform your life experiences, observations, knowledge, or imagination into self-expression in the form of stories?
And what about the understanding of correct stylistics? Is your knowledge deep enough?
Do you write regularly and send your works to publishers, but they keep rejecting you, and frustration is almost unbearable?
If your answer to at least one of these questions is yes, then the Become an author course/workshop is the key to unlocking the possibilities within you, you only (secretly) dream about.
Description of the course/workshop:
We divided the course/workshop Become an author into two parts. Each part lasts two days (one weekend).
We designed our course/workshop Become an author so that you will acquire all the necessary knowledge in four days to become a highly productive and professional literary creator.
The course/workshop also includes an explanation and visual demonstrations of how specific storytelling methods trigger specific biochemical responses in the brain. And with what emotional impact.
In the teaching process, among other things, we also use the analysis of film works for better illustration of storytelling techniques. This way, the participant of the course/workshop can more easily remember the acquired knowledge regarding the construction of the plot, the creation of characters, or the central conflict.
The course/workshop contains a large number of creative exercises and tasks.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course/workshop.
The first and second parts of the course/workshop are available for purchase only separately.
Tomáš Elek will guide you through the course/workshop. He is a published author, book editor of the Enribook publishing house, and developer of the first online style editor and virtual writing coach for the Slovak language called Write Buddy. (www.writebuddy.eu)
His many years of experience in writing, editing, and publishing are a guarantee that after completing the course/workshop, you will no longer make unnecessary (and invisible to you) mistakes that stand in the way of your dream. Create high-quality literary works and successfully launch them to the book market.
Course/workshop Become an author 1/2 (first weekend):
Saturday:
What will you learn and practice on this day?
How to overcome doubts about whether you can do it, thanks to specific steps and advice.
To think like a writer and recognize story ideas all around you.
Prevent the author’s block or learn ways to get out of it.
How the brain works, and how to program specific emotions using text.
You will learn the main pillars of storytelling.
You will learn to create stories step by step so they are always unique. At the same time, you will learn to orient yourself in the creative process under all circumstances with understanding what you are doing at any moment and for what purpose.
And more.
Sunday:
What will you learn and practice on this day?
How to build a primary story concept from an initial idea step by step.
The elements of the correct beginning to lure the reader into the story and bounce them into the following plot.
Elements of a proper story ending.
Which point of view is best for your story?
How to write a scene from start to finish?
How to translate film techniques into literature?
And more.
Saturday:
9:00 – 9:45 PRESENTATION / INTRODUCTION
9:50 – 10:50 THE ESSENCE OF CREATIVITY / THE BRAIN AS A BIOCHEMICAL FACTORY
11:00 – 12:30 INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY / HOW TO THINK LIKE AN AUTHOR
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30 BASIC PILLARS OF THE STORY
14:40 – 18:00 NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS / STORY STRUCTURES / STORY ARCHETYPES
Sunday:
9:00 – 11:00 BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
11:05 – 12:30 POINT OF VIEW AND SCENE WRITING 1/2
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 13:30 POINT OF VIEW AND SCENE WRITING 2/2
13:35 – 16:00 FINAL BLOCK OF EXERCISES