Book Coach Certification in Fiction
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Welcome!
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- A Message from Jennie Nash (2:09)
- Join the Membership Circle
- Join Us for a Welcome Call!
- About the Course
- About the Practicums (1:58)
- About Certification
- About Your Business
- Guiding Principles of Author Accelerator Certified Coaches (2:42)
- Hold Yourself Accountable
- Prepare for Class: Assigned Reading, Videos, and Tools
- Resources for Working with Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color (101:25)
- Coaching Memoir
- Course and Coaching FAQs
Part 1: Story Fundamentals
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- Introduction (3:19)
- Blueprint Step 1: Why must you write this book? (5:37)
- Blueprint Step 2: What's the point? (9:52)
- Blueprint Step 3: What's the plot? (2:44)
- Blueprint Step 4: Writing book jacket copy (10:39)
- Blueprint Step 5: What's the working title? (5:30)
- Blueprint Step 6: Going deeper into genre (6:17)
- Blueprint Step 7: Who is the ideal reader? (5:23)
- Blueprint Step 8: Worldbuilding (11:01)
- Reflect
Part 1: Developing the Structure of the Story
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- Introduction (2:53)
- Blueprint Step 9: Whose story is it? (18:23)
- Blueprint Step 10: Who's telling the tale? (11:16)
- Blueprint Step 11: What is the story timeline? (11:33)
- Blueprint Step 12: Where does the narrator stand in time? (8:00)
- Blueprint Step 13: Where does the story start and end? (13:28)
- Blueprint Step 14: Sketching out the plot (9:36)
- Feature Interview: Lisa Cron (88:56)
- Blueprint Step 15: Outlining the whole book (17:43)
- Reflect
Part 1: Developing Scenes
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Part 2: The Basics of Giving Feedback
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Part 2: Edit Smarter, Not Harder
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- Introduction (2:27)
- The Hierarchy of Editorial Concerns (4:15)
- Big 5 Editing Skill 1: Show, don't tell (16:45)
- Bonus Lesson: Show, don't tell (156:19)
- Big 5 Editing Skill 2: Getting the story on the page (1:34)
- Big 5 Editing Skill 3: Managing the passage of time (8:58)
- Big 5 Editing Skill 4: Preventing info dumps (6:29)
- Big 5 Editing Skill 5: Using dialogue effectively (6:41)
- Recognize the Common Patterns
- The SLICE Method (3:06)
- Bonus Lesson: Mechanical editing skills (7:20)
- Reflect
Part 2: Client Intaking Basics
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- Introduction (2:41)
- Evaluating the Writer: Background (6:58)
- Evaluating the Writer: Goals and Objectives (5:06)
- Evaluating the Writer: Motivation (31:39)
- Evaluating the Writer: Coachability (2:49)
- Evaluating the Project: Genre (6:52)
- Evaluating the Project: The Idea (8:14)
- Problems You Might Encounter
- Evaluating Client Intake Q&As (1:00)
- Evaluating Sample Pages (2:47)
- Giving Feedback: A Case Study
- Additional Practice
Part 2: The Emotional Level
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- Introduction (2:27)
- You Are a Coach, Not a Therapist (25:53)
- Feature Interview: Tracey Cleantis (50:27)
- A Writer's Universe of Support (2:16)
- Common Emotions In the Creative Process (1:59)
- Common Emotions Coaches Feel When Coaching (12:48)
- Your Creative DNA (1:58)
- When Is It Time For a Writer to Quit? (3:58)
- Reflect
Part 2: The Project-Management Level
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Part 2: When Things Go Wrong In the Coaching Process
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- Introduction (7:03)
- Writers Who Are a Plain-Old Bad Fit
- Writers Who Are Pushy
- Writers Who Make Excuses
- Feature Interview: Dave Ursillo (46:54)
- Writers Who Are Too In Love With Their Work or Are Unwilling to Change
- Writers Who Are Too Attached to a Particular Method of Writing
- Writers Who Are Combative
- Writers Who Are Rude, Condescending, Mean-Spirited, Upsetting, or Unreasonably Demanding
- Reflect and Take Action
Practicum 1: The Blueprint for a Book
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Part 3: Evaluating an Entire Manuscript
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Practicum 2: Manuscript Evaluation and Two-Chapter Edit
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Part 4: Coaching the Pitch
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Part 4: Develop a Pitch Package
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Part 4: Help a Writer Navigate the Pitching Process
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Practicum 3: Pitch Plan
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