Discover a fun and interactive creative writing course for young writers, designed to unlock creativity and improve storytelling skills.
Writing Mastery: Fiction for Young Writers is an engaging workshop aimed at kids and teens that encourages creativity and enhances storytelling skills through fun exercises and expert guidance.
A fun, interactive workshop to help young writers unlock their creativity, improve their craft, and write better stories
Udemy's "Breakout Instructor of 2016" and International bestselling author, Jessica Brody (author of more than 15 novels for kids and teens) and Joanne Rendell, acclaimed author and writing teacher, share their secrets of writing great fiction in this special, one-of-a-kind creative writing course for young writers.
Writing Mastery: Fiction for Young Writers is a fun and interactive, self-paced workshop designed for ages 10 and up (or advanced students ages 8 and 9) that will teach young writers the essential ingredients of great fiction, so they can improve their writing, tell better stories, write more vivid scenes, and build confidence in their writing abilities.
"Very solid material, presented in an efficient delightful way! - DAVE H.
"Super Fun and wise! I love it!" - JUAN S.
"inspiring and engaging!" - LESLIE K.
"Wonderfully enjoyable course with lots of meat in it! - DORIS D.
Jessica Brody is published by several major publishers like Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Macmillan. Her books have been translated and published in more than 23 countries and two are currently in development as major motion pictures. She’s recently been hired by Disney Press to write a book series based on the hit Disney Channel Original Movie, Descendants. Jessica is excited to share her proven storytelling methods with young writers.
In this course, Jessica teams up with Joanne Rendell, author of three novels published by Penguin Books. Joanne also holds a PhD in English Literature and teaches regular writing classes for kids and teens in New York City. Together, Jessica and Joanne have created a dynamic course to help young writers (beginner to advanced) build a storytelling foundation and nurture their love of writing.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Unlock your creativity and spark your imagination with tons of fun writing prompts!
Create awesome characters who will jump right off the page and take your stories to the next level
Write dazzling dialogue that will transform lifeless scenes into vibrant stories
Build memorable settings that shape the world of your story and bring that world to life
Narrate stories from an engaging and interesting point of view to hook your readers and draw them into your fictional worlds
Develop exciting plots that will keep your stories on track and have your readers on the edge of their seats to find out what happens next!
Expand a single idea into a compelling finished story
"I've been watching this with my 14 year old daughter and now she's so inspired to write!" - MICHAEL R.
"My niece Elise,10, is an avid reader and a budding writer -- and she LOVES this course." - JUDY P.
"[My 9-year-old son] is now full of ideas for his current story." - ZEB M.
This course is jam packed full of:
Examples from popular books and movies that will help you fully understand the elements of great storytelling
Loads of fun writing prompts designed to spark your imagination and get your creative juices flowing
Tons of practical writing tips and advice to take you on an unforgettable creative journey toward becoming an amazing writer
Jessica’s ten years of professional experience writing commercial fiction for kids and teens combined with Joanne’s in-depth knowledge of classic literature and the writing craft makes for an engaging, humorous, and enlightening class that is guaranteed to remind young writers why they love to write.
"A lot of great info in this course. I love the writing prompts!" - ERIKA B.
"Loved this course! It has been extremely helpful with my writing!" - FELICITY S.
"This course is very organized and structured so learning is easy." - LEE S.
PRAISE FOR COURSES IN THE WRITING MASTERY SERIES:
10 writing courses
Over 50,000 students enrolled
Average Rating 4.7 stars!
"Jessica is truly a gifted teacher!" - Vicky
"Jessica is a LEGEND...Completely worth it." - Ras
"Superb. Clear and engaging - Dan
"Just, WOW! Jessica Brody provides much more than a boatload... try a cruise ship FULL of tips, tricks, resources, references, and actionable steps" - Tracy
"Thorough, accurate, and well-presented --I would recommend Jessica Brody’s courses to any writer eager to rise." - Mark
"Jessica Brody breaks down these concepts with clarity and amazing insight." - Mike
"Jessica Brody's courses are all thorough, entertaining, and extremely helpful." - Tricia
"As always, Jessica Brody delivers an insider's knowledge and the tools to move forward in the process, now!" - Sue
"Very informative and well worth the time and cost." - Noel
"Clear, concise, & well-narrated with an abundance of enthusiasm." - Christopher
"This course is worth far more than the price of admission!" - Talmage
"Jessica Brody has a gift for distilling lots of hard-earned information into concise and tasty bites." - Katherine
"If you write (or plan to write), get this course" - Scott
Unlock your creativity and spark your imagination with lots of fun writing prompts
Create awesome characters who will jump right off the page and take your stories to the next level
Write dazzling dialogue that will transform lifeless scenes into vibrant stories
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Jessica Brody is the author of the #1 bestselling plotting guide, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, as well as 20+ novels for teens, tweens, and adults including Sky Without Stars, The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, A Week of Mondays, Better You Than Me and the Unremembered trilogy. Her...
Achieve your writing goals and take you writing to the next level!Founded by Jessica Brody, author of the #1 bestselling plotting guide Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and over 20 novels, Writing Mastery develops courses to help you become the writer you want to be.From learning the foundations of fiction to crafting dynamic characters to writing bestselling novels and...
Joanne Rendell is the author of six novels, including the System Divine trilogy for teens (co-written with Jessica Brody and published by Simon and Schuster). She co-teaches "Foundations of Fiction," a bestselling fiction writing course on Udemy. Joanne is also a board member for the youth Shakespeare company, New Genesis Productions. With her family, she divides her time between New...
it's great so far! I love the easily understandable explanations they have, plus, they're keeping it funny and humorous, so listeners don't lose patience or get bored. I'm excited to learn how to write down a captivating story that will interest my friends and boost my creativity skills. enjoying the course!!
This course is fun, uplifting and beautifully designed. It is packed full of helpful knowledge. Thank you for creating this course. I am excited to continue my education. The instructors make you feel so comforted and welcome. I highly recommend!!
This course is really fun. The prompts make it even better. Would reccomend.
i've been writing for some time now, even though i'm not young i struggle with my writing to make it exceptional and thats where i want to get to. my dream is to publsih a book some day. I feel this course will help me with that and give me good words of wisdom and encouragement. I already watched the 15 steps with Jessica brody on that and thought it was worth it and think this course will help me too.
This class is awesome! 😎
It is very fun and i learnt a lot of new techniques and style in story writing.
It was really helpful and fantastic.
I've learned soooo much and its really helping to improve my writing skills.
I think this will help me too get better understanding in this course.
This is a great course for any beginning fantasy writer. The Course directors, Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell are engaging! Overall I will highly recommend anyone who has a passion fro reading and writing short stories to take this course
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Stephanie C.
Instructors are personable and knowledgeable. Both are published by legit publishing houses. Easy to access information.