Go From Flat to Cinematic: Craft Scenes So Vivid Readers Forget They're Reading

Doesn’t it make you crazy when the story in your head is dynamic and immersive and so full of life, but when you try to put it on the page it just feels… flat. It’s unfair, and so common. So, we put together a free mini-course from lessons we taught at university.

Here's what you'll learn

• How to leverage your story's details to make your writing pop

• Why prioritizing your descriptions is vital and keeps your reader from feeling overwhelmed

• Tricks to reveal your character's interior state through their clothes. Yes, their scarf can tell a story - Just ask Taylor

Meet Elizabeth, our intrepid protagonist

At the end of each lesson, we implement the writing strategies into Elizabeth's story so you can see how they work in real time. Throughout the course, we'll continue to expand on Elizabeth's previous paragraphs. That way, you can follow the original examples to completion and watch Elizabeth's world come alive.

Put it into Practice

After each lesson, you'll be invited to return to your own work and implement what you've learned. We've provided a set of questions and exercises that will help you identify places to jazz up your writing - along with the tools to make it happen.

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