The Writer’s Launchpad
About Course
Welcome to The Writer’s Launchpad—your step-by-step guide to writing your novel.
This course is designed to give you the tools you need to start writing and to keep going until you have a completed draft.
We’ll start by developing a strong mindset, tackling common creative barriers like self-doubt and imposter syndrome, so you can embrace a resilient, growth-focused outlook.
From there, we’ll work on clarifying your novel’s core ideas—giving you the tools to brainstorm, frame, and identify the heart of your story.
With a clear premise in mind, we’ll dive into character creation, helping you understand your characters’ motivations and hidden complexities to make them fully realised on the page.
Finally, we’ll focus on empowering you to navigate the inevitable challenges in the writing process, building confidence in your ability to persist.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a solid mental, structural, and emotional foundation to guide through the writing of your story.
Course Content
Module 1: Mindset
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1.1 Finding Your Persona
05:50 -
1.2 Dealing With Resistance
11:13 -
1.3 Pushing Back Against Imposter Syndrome
04:08 -
1.4 Goal Setting
05:44
Module 2: Clarity
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2.1 Brainstorming
10:13 -
2.2 Finding The Basic Premise
06:37 -
2.3 Finding The Enhanced Premise
08:55 -
2.4 Finding The Heart
07:48 -
2.5 Narrative Structure 101
12:49 -
2.6 Approaches to Narrative
14:38
Module 3: Character
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3.1 Iceberg Theory (Of Character)
05:48 -
3.2 Character Deep-Dive
05:51 -
3.3 But Why?
03:55 -
3.4 Concentric Circles
07:38 -
3.5 Opening Status Quo
10:40 -
3.6 Antagonistic Options
09:16
Module 4: Success
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4.1 The Danger Points
10:08 -
4.2 The 3 Ds
13:57 -
4.3 Internal And External Obstacles
07:20 -
4.4 Preparing For Success
07:41