[Free] Editing, Review &Amp; Literary Critique Of Young Adult Fiction
Develop a Real YA Spy Thriller Series – DiploBrats. Help a real author turn real draft manuscripts into bestsellers! – Free Course
What you’ll learn
- Learn how to self-edit your own writing
- Learn how to review and edit fiction
- Provide feedback to a real-life YA author
- Help develop a YA novel into a compelling read
- Help make civic discourse cool again
- Improve your own storytelling and writing
Requirements
- All readers’ opinions are wlecomed, valued, and deeply appreciated. Help develop the DiploBrats series and make civic discourse cool again!
Description
Organized as a workshop format, this practical course teaches students how to edit, how to review, and how to do literary critique on Young Adult (YA) fiction using a real draft manuscript that is under development with a goal of traditional publication. This class offers participants the chance to interact with a real author and help shape a Young Adult manuscript in progress to publication. Students will learn how to improve their own storytelling, writing, self-editing, and reviewing skills. Students will have the opportunity to pass their feedback directly to the author, MV Donovan, so that it can be incorporated to make DiploBrats the very best it can be for readers like them!
Introduction
M.V. Donovans professional biography
The DiploBrats series & mission
Storytelling Module
Video and slides
Opening hooks and story arc
Knowing your audience
Review Module
Critique versus editing
Four passes
Clarity of purpose/plot
Internal cohesion
Story elements characters, setting, etc.
Editorial mechanics
Guided Exercise
Read DiploBrats Book 1 first 2500 words
Consider editors critique memo and edits
Evaluate revised opening
Independent Critiques
Read unedited middle passages
Prepare own memo and in-line comments
Submit to author to assist draft revisions
Optional Final Assignment
Thanks for the help!
Welcome to join The Civic Compass community
Offer to review Advance Reader Copy of novel
Author(s): MV Donovan
