Novel Writing: Manuscript Editing

Join Steve Alcorn's fun novel writing course to craft and polish your manuscript for publication.

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Brief Summary

Steve Alcorn’s novel writing course helps you write and polish your manuscript, making it publication-ready. Whether you’re just starting or looking to enhance your skills, you're in great hands!

Key Points

  • Learn to 'show' instead of 'tell'
  • Eliminate lazy words and adverbs
  • Step-by-step guidance from a pro

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand how to engage readers more effectively
  • Gain techniques to strengthen your writing
  • Prepare your manuscript for publication

About This Course

"Show" rather than "Tell" to get your manuscript ready for publication!

Have you started a novel only to get part way into the manuscript and find yourself stuck? Or do you have an idea for a novel but aren't sure where to begin? Have you completed a first draft but feel it doesn't quite have the luster of professional Novel Writing?

In this lively and fun course Steve Alcorn shows you how to achieve success. You'll learn how to write a novel step by step.

During the past two decades, Steve Alcorn has helped more than 20,000 students structure their novels, and many of them are now in print. Steve's courses are rated an average of 5 out of 5 stars.

It's time to polish that manuscript and ready it for publication! This course shows you how:

  • "Write Big" so that your prose leaps off the page

  • Learn to "show" rather than "tell"

  • Kill all the adverbs

  • Eliminate lazy words

  • Polish your manuscript to get it ready for publishing

Whether you're a first time novelist still planning your story or an experienced author looking for ways to bring your fiction to life, Steve Alcorn's novel writing courses will show you how to succeed!

  • Learn to "Write Big" so that your prose leaps off the page

  • Learn to "show" rather than "tell"

  • Kill all the adverbs

Instructor

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Steve Alcorn

Steve Alcorn is a theme park designer, author, teacher, and the founder of Writing Academy. His novels include mysteries, young adult stories, historic fiction and romance. His is also the author of How to Fix Your Novel. Steve has helped more than 30,000 aspiring writers structure their novels, through the online learning programs of 1500 colleges and universities worldwide. Many...

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Christopher Burton
Christopher B.
5.0
9 months ago

I've just completed the Show Don't Tell lesson. This section is particularly interesting to me. Most people feel this concept should be common knowledge, of course. However, the good and bad examples included in this section helped me to understand one major change I can make right now in how I think about crafting scenes and stories.

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Angie H.
5.0
2 years ago

I am preparing to edit a trilogy I wrote last year, and this is perfect

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Michael B.
5.0
3 years ago

simple but effective

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ui-avatar of Reigen rodgers
Reigen R.
5.0
3 years ago

I'm learn the deafferents between showing and telling and it's very good information

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ui-avatar of David Gaudet
David G.
4.0
4 years ago

A good match for me? Indeed it is. The information was well delivered and easily understood. Thank you.

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ui-avatar of Colin Dent
Colin D.
4.5
4 years ago

Told me exactly what I need to know in very short time.

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Dagny S.
4.5
4 years ago

The course was short and to the point. The examples used were on point. Above all, the humorous tone of the presenter kept things lively and interesting.

Thank you!

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ui-avatar of Evren Sener
Evren S.
3.0
5 years ago

Steve gives good examples of what to do and what to avoid in your writing, but there is no structured way of telling things. He provides useful​ examples one after the other, but none of them are written; he just reads them.

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Brandy M.
4.0
6 years ago

So far, the course has been good. He gave some great examples to show the difference between showing and telling.

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Karen H.
5.0
6 years ago

Short and sweet. Essential techniques for polishing one's writing.

There is a LOT of good information in this little course. It was well worth the investment.

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