Novel Writing Workshop

AALBC.com's Novel Writing Workshop (8 Sessions Online)

Enjoy a writing workshop from the convenience of your own home! Get the help you need to begin, revise or complete your novel from a professional editor and published author.

Writing a novel requires a solid understanding of all the tools that a fiction writer must use to hold a reader's interest. In this course, you will learn the basics of plot, characterization, point of view, voice, theme, dialogue, pacing and exposition. Using a combination of lectures, exercises and critiques from the instructor, you will sharpen your skills and complete the first fifty pages of your book.

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If you are a memeber of a group or organization, and you would like a workhop just for your members please email us at edit@aalbc.com.

Course Fee: $299
Instructor: Anita Diggs
Prerequisites: None
Required Text: How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey (purchase via Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com)
Online Lecture Dates: (Eight Sessions, future dates to be determined)

Email us at troy@aalbc.com or call 866-603-8394 if you have any questions

A testimonial from a former student who took Anita's course through African Voices, Inc.

Anita Diggs is the author of three novels: A Mighty Love, A Meeting in the Ladies Room and The Other Side of the Game.

She has worked as a Senior Editor for Random House, Time Warner Trade Publishing and Thunder's Mouth Press. Ms. Diggs has lectured across the country on the topics of novel writing, book proposal development and how to get a literary agent. The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, C-Span, The New York Daily News have interviewed her.