To identify your writing level, you need to know two things: How much you already know, and how much you want to write.
Select your points for what you know, and add them to your points for how much you want this.
Then scroll down to find out what I have available that will work for you.
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What you know |
Points |
How much you want this |
Points |
BeginnerHave started writing stories, have not yet finished anything. Write infrequently, or sporadically. |
1 |
CuriousYou like the idea of writing, but you’re not sure if you’ll actually like the work. You’re getting your toes wet. |
1 |
IntermediateHave written some stories to completion, may be submitting to commercial markets but have not yet sold anything. Or may be self-pubbing, but are earning less than $1000/month from your writing. Write regularly on a schedule. |
2 |
DeterminedYou know you enjoy sitting down and writing, and you know you want to get better at it. You’re not yet sure if it’s going to be the way you want to earn a living. It could simply be a hobby that pays. |
2 |
AdvancedFinishing 33% or more of the projects you start, are selling your work and making enough to report on your taxes, or are self-pubbing and earning more than $1000 a month. Write daily. |
3 |
DedicatedThis is it. You’ve found your passion, and now all you want it to become as good as you can as quickly as possible, because you have stories to tell and the clock is ticking. |
3 |
If your writing level is 2-4, these courses are designed for you:
Quick Start
If your writing level is 3-6, you’ll benefit from these short courses…
Short Courses
Above is a selection from the category. More courses are available here.
And these big courses:
How to Think Sideways: Career Survival School for Writers
29 lessons, worksheets. Upgrade (available from worksheet download pages) includes live workgroups, discussion boards, and many additional course materials.
How to Write a Series (Site Exclusive)
Currently four lessons, beginning expansion to ten in Sept, 2012
If your writing level is 5 or 6, you’re ready to take this course:
How to Revise Your Novel: Get the Book You WANT from the Wreck You WROTE (Site Exclusive)
22 lessons, worksheets, live workgroups, discussion boards, self-pub resources, more.
How to Revise Your Novel is the toughest course I offer.
- It is immersive.
- It requires you to have completed at least one 6000-word story that you can revise.
- You start into the revision process on Day 1. There is no warm-up.
- It is a lot of work, and if you are not serious about writing, it will be a waste of your time and money.
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