Writing a Book: Creative Writing Skills for Beginners

Transform your storytelling skills with our comprehensive writing course. Learn to craft novels and non-fiction while overcoming writer's block with expert guidance.

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Brief Summary

This course gears you up to write your own stories, whether it's a novel or a quick non-fiction piece. You'll explore the essentials of storytelling, learn punctuation, and even tackle writer's block. It's all about getting that story from your heart to the page!

Key Points

  • Learn the basics of storytelling: plot, character, place.
  • Master punctuation and sentence structure.
  • Discover techniques for writing fiction and non-fiction.
  • Explore fantasy world building and outlining.
  • Handle writer's block with easy strategies.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and organize key story elements.
  • Practice writing techniques for both fiction and non-fiction.
  • Develop skills to overcome writer's block.
  • Learn to create engaging plots and characters.
  • Master the basics of punctuation and sentence structures.

About This Course

Writing a Book: Creative writing skills: Novel/Nonfiction book writing: Punctuation: Outlining: Fantasy world building

Writing to Tell Your Story Today... 

Isn't it time you finally told the story inside your heart?  Within this course, I will explain how to organize and begin writing a short story, novella, novel or non-fiction book.  The concepts are similar for each form.  The number of balls you need to keep in the air and for how long are the only things that differ. 

  If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.
  -- Lord Byron 

Learn the Components of Successful Storytelling... 

Plot, character, and place.  Learn how to juggle them all like a professional.  Learn how to discipline yourself to put the first words on the page.  Learn the even greater discipline required to put the last words on the page. 

  The thing about writing is that you never stop learning and improving your craft, and a review of the basics is helpful even to an established, USA Today bestselling author like myself. Jackson's deceptively simple course on writing a first novel is concise, and covers crucial points that every writer should know and constantly keep in mind. I especially enjoyed his advice on handling writer's block and its causes; I am guilty of reason #3. Sigh. A useful course, even for those who think they don't need it.
  -- Lisa Cach, USA Today Bestselling Author of the "1,001 Erotic Nights" series 

For the Storyteller, There is No Greater Joy... 

All your life, you've carried this story with you.  Perhaps uncertain or fearful of rejection.  But there is no burden greater than carrying an untold story. 

  A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
  --Franz Kafka 

Your All in One Source for the Inspiration and Technique Required to Tell Your Story... 

This is your call to arms.  Tell your story now before it's lost forever...

---Brian 

  • Gain a solid foundation in writing basics, mastering punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphs, and essay composition to craft clear, compelling prose.

  • Elevate your storytelling by mastering advanced techniques like foreshadowing and cliffhangers, keeping your readers engaged and eager for more.

  • Discover streamlined methods for writing short non-fiction books, enabling you to convey your ideas quickly and effectively to your audience.

Course Curriculum

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Brian Jackson, Writing, Self-publishing and Marketing an Amazon Kindle eBook and Book with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and KDP

Hello,My name is Brian Jackson.  I'm the writer of approximately one dozen books, publisher of well over 100 books and Udemy instructor with over 40 courses to my name.Over the last 13 years, since July 2011, I've made over $715,000 online through publishing Amazon Kindle eBooks and Udemy online video training courses.This is my story...1 OriginsI was born in the...

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Jacob R.
4.5
8 months ago

Great content that's been updates regularly over the years. Some of the older content is hard to see on mobile since the recording quality was lesser back then. But absolutely worth it so far.

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ui-avatar of Hoàng Vũ
Hoàng V.
5.0
8 months ago

An excellent course for having basic writing ideas.

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ui-avatar of Honza Bacho
Honza B.
1.0
8 months ago

Pathetic man giving lectures about how to steak the work of other people and trůn it into your book. Utterly unoriginal author who shouldn’t write or make courses on writing

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Chandra K.
2.0
8 months ago

It is very elementary

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Miranda
5.0
8 months ago

The course goes into detail with idears on how to put a story together, which is very useful. with topics like character and plot. There is a thorough demonstration on how to use Microwsoft Word, which is invaluable. So far so good.

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Dr. S. S.
5.0
9 months ago

The course covered all the necessary points and the explanation was easy to understand.

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Farideh M.
5.0
9 months ago

I very much admire the way our instructor explains the steps in detail, he has a very pleasant voice and make the subject of writing very interesting ❤️🙏🏻

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Scott S.
5.0
10 months ago

Brian is a great teacher and cares about his student's success.

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Keenan
5.0
10 months ago

Happy so far

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Mauricio
5.0
11 months ago

It showed mire general and broader techniques of covering more on the structures of writing a book and as well as the course going in depth of the knowledge of writing both the existence of it and the elements.

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