About
Holly Lisle is a full-time novelist who also teachs writing. She has 32 novels in print—written over the past 17 years—and is working on her 33rd novel now.
Her offbeat perspective drawn from a decidedly eventful life, and her tendency to analyze everything, have given her a unique—and remarkably successful—approach to writing fiction.
And after thousands of requests for her to show writers exactly how she does what she does, from coming up with ideas through developing them to writing, editing, and selling both partials on contract and finished novels on spec, she spent eight months working 70-hour weeks to create the How To Think Sideways fiction-writing course.
Her approach has proven successful for her students, too.
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Hi Holly,
An incredible amount of information here! One question, do you or can you give personal feedback on writing in response to each lesson?
Many Thanks, Kim x
I can sometimes comment on questions asked in the community. I cannot grade homework. I’ve had offers to pay me insane amounts of money to consult, but I don’t have the time.
I create the courses because I don’t have the time for individual one-on-one feedback.
I have one question, or rather criticism. rather than the subscription-style “school” model, had you thought of having individual lessons available to DL for a free? for example, I think I have a handle on dialogue and characterization (the latter in part due to your e-book) and wouldn’t need help there, but I would in other areas.
and that way students could work at their own pace.
– Ria
I’d planned something like this, set up a site, and put together a couple of modules—and then discovered that I couldn’t afford to create the modules (costs exceeded profits).
I’ve since figured out a new way to create the modules less expensively, and am now considering starting the project back up again.
HOWEVER…
I do not include anything in my e-books or small courses that I include in the school. And I don’t do more than touch bases on the things I taught in the e-books within the school.
What you learn in How To Think Sideways does not exist anywhere else. I think any business model that has people buying the same content twice is appalling, and I won’t do it.
So even though you’d bought the e-books, you haven’t scratched the surface of what I teach in How To Think Sideways.