Writing Great Fiction – Storytelling Tips and Techniques

Storytelling is a fundamental part of human nature, whether it is writing an email to a friend or sitting down to write a novel. The blank page can be daunting, as any writer can tell you. It is difficult to know where to start, what to include in each scene, and how to move from idea to finished manuscript.

It is not a gift for the talented few to write great fiction. There is a craft to telling stories that can be learned, and studying the fiction writer’s techniques can be incredibly rewarding. You will find value in exploring all the elements of great fiction even if you don’t have ambitions of writing the next Moby-Dick.

Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques offers a master class on how to tell a story. The 24 insightful lectures show you the ins and outs of the fiction writer’s craft, taught by acclaimed novelist James Hynes, a former visiting professor at the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the University of Michigan.

Professor Hynes gives the first steps of an apprenticeship, showing you how to read like a writer and how fiction works. There are explications of novels and stories across the ages here.

Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, and others are classics. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Gain new insights into books such as Harry Potter. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Chekhov’s The Kiss and Marilynne Robinson’s Housewarming are literary fiction. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it What makes characters such as Anna Karenina so memorable? It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it How to create suspense like Dashiell Hammett, George Pelecanos, and John le Carré. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it The course is interactive and shows you how the elements of fiction work. Professor Hynes closes each lecture with an exercise. Only you know what story you want to tell, but the many examples and writing prompts in these lectures will get you from thinking about writing to the act of writing-often the toughest part of any project.