Level Up Your Writing
Challenge your creativity and sharpen your skills across seven key story elements in this interactive online course with New York Times bestselling author Scott Reintgen
"This course will help me take my current WIP to the next level!"
-Meg F.
"This course clarified several writing concepts that I kind of knew, but had never had laid out. Outstanding!"
- Pat D.
"I learned new ways to approach areas I'm struggling with"
-Nathan H.
Do you want to see significant, noticeable improvement in your creative writing in only a few hours?
Do you want to know exactly what storytelling techniques and skills to practice to guarantee you’ll become a better writer?
So many writing courses promise to improve your writing, but provide no clear path on how to get there. You might spend hours, days, or even weeks learning, studying, and completing writing exercises but in the end, you’re still not confident that you’ve made any progress.
So if you’re ready to stop guessing how to improve your writing, and actually start improving it - fast - then this is the course for you!
In Level Up Your Fiction Writing, we’ve identified 7 key storytelling skills that will have the most direct, immediate, and noticeable impact on your fiction writing:
- Protagonists
- Antagonists
- Settings
- Action scenes
- Juxtaposition
- Chapter breaks
- Paragraph breaks
These 7 skills will put you on the fast track toward substantial improvement of your creative writing skills that you will be able to see on the page and feel in the confidence of your words.
How can we be so sure you’ll improve?
Because we’ve jam-packed this course with actionable strategies and techniques, loads of examples from popular fiction, and tons of practical exercises that are all specifically designed to make you a better writer.
Throughout this course, you will learn:
- 7 techniques for creating unique and interesting protagonists
- 5 methods for creating sympathetic main characters your readers will root for
- 2 types of character transformation to level up your main characters
- How to come up with the best antagonists for each stage of your story
- The 3 layers of antagonists and how you can use them to keep your readers engaged
- 3 tools for grounding your reader in your settings
- How to use your characters to level up your settings
- How to use juxtaposition to enhance your scenes
- 5 methods for adding juxtaposition to your plot to level up your entire story
- How to adjust your word choice to make your action scenes pop
- The 6 functions of action scenes and how to use them to level up any scene of any genre
- The 3 functions of a chapter break
- How to strategically use the 2 types of chapter breaks to level up your story
- The 3 rules for inserting paragraph breaks
- How to level up your paragraph breaks with 5 specific paragraph types
- How to apply all these foundational and level up techniques to your own work in progress
- And much, much more!
Plus, for each of the 7 key storytelling skills, we’ve included two learning levels: The “Foundational” lectures will ensure you have a solid base to start from, and the “Level-Up” lectures will take your writing up a notch…or ten!
And to ensure you get the very most out of this course, we’ve also included:
- Over 14 “Writer’s Room” sessions where you’ll see exactly how the instructor approached each exercise, so you’ll have solid examples of how to practice your new skills
- 7 “Level Up Your Story” lectures to help you apply everything you’ve learned to your current work in progress, whether that be a novel, short story, or memoir
- An 80+ page workbook (as both a printable PDF and an editable Google Doc) that includes all the exercises, examples, and additional resources you’ll need to level up
Best of all, this course is designed to be taken multiple times, so you can continue to level up and watch yourself progress. No matter what level you're starting from, you'll always be able to benefit from this course.
Level Up Your Fiction Writing will help you hit the fast-forward button on your progress toward your goals, whether that be landing an agent, getting published, improving your reviews online, growing your readership, or simply taking your writing to the next level.
By the End of This Course, You'll Be Able To:
Create protagonists who leap off the page and feel real
Build multiple layers of antagonists that constantly keep your protagonist on their toes and your readers glued to the page
Convey immersive settings without a ton of "telling" or "info dumping"
Craft action scenes that are clear, fast paced, and get your reader's heart pounding (even if you're not writing an action story)
Expertly weave in juxtaposition to create twists and turns that your reader won't see coming (and can't get enough of!)
Use chapter breaks strategically to have the most impact on your storytelling
Optimize paragraph breaks to create the perfect pacing for every page
Meet Your Instructor
Scott Reintgen is an author of science fiction and fantasy books. He wrote the Nyxia trilogy, the Ashlords duology, the Talespinners series, and The Problem with Prophecies series.
He began his career as an English and Creative Writing teacher in North Carolina. He strongly believes that every student who steps into the classroom deserves to see themselves, vibrant and victorious and on the page. It’s his hope to encourage a future full of diverse writers. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife Katie and his two boys, Henry and Thomas
What Students are Saying
"I absolutely adored this course. There were so many lightbulb moments that helped me solve problems in my story I didn't even know I had. 10/10 would recommend."
"I've hit the half-way mark, 40k+, of my first effort in 20 years, and so wish that these wise words would have been available to me back then. I feel like I now have the tools to create something that pleases even my worst critic--me."
"This course was everything I'd hoped for and more. Scott's presentation style is friendly and engaging. His knowledge is phenomenal. Thank you so much for sharing this with me."
"Scott is incredible! Every single lesson was excellent, educational, and engaging! I learned years worth of writing skills in one course!"
"I learned a lot about writing from this course. Things I never learned before and it opened my eyes on different steps. Thank you, Scott, for sharing your advice. You were a big help for setting my goals and achieving my dream to become a author."
"This is a fantastic course! Scott covers several powerful, yet inconspicuous, techniques that, when used properly, will elevate our writing to a new level!"
"Thank you so much for such an invigorating and engaging class. We need you in every school and every university teaching writing and critical thinking!"
"I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I got something out of every module. Scott did a great job of contextualizing every topic. Top drawer!"
"This course was extremely useful in a number of different ways. I learned a lot of new things, got clarification of things I knew but didn't fully understand the thought behind and most of all, it got me fired up to continue my own writing."
"The course clarified several writing concepts that I kind of knew, but had never had laid out. Outstanding!"
"I absolutely loved this course. It was concise, to the point, and covered everything I'd hoped."
"The course was insightful and I liked how he kept the videos short. Very likable author and teacher."
Course Outline
Introduction
Level Up Your Protagonists
Level Up Your Antagonists
Level Up Your Setting
Level Up Your Juxtaposition
Level Up Your Action Scenes
Level Up Your Chapter Breaks
Level Up Your Paragraph Breaks
Wrapping Up
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