Guest: NAIWE’s Novel Writing Expert Greg Smith

Storytelling is as old as the human race. Over the ages we’ve come to expect a pattern to storytelling. In this webinar, Greg Smith lays out this time-proven pattern. Based on Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey, mythology, psychology, and screenwriting techniques, this webinar will help you plot your story before you put pen to paper.

Here’s what you can expect to learn in this class:

• The purpose of the 1-page summary of your manuscript

• What should be in each section of your manuscript

• How to create an elevator speech for your novel that will evoke the question you want to be asked

• The stages and turning points within your writing to make a good novel

• Understanding the importance of the hero’s journey

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

Greg Smith is a writing coach, editor, and publisher. He founded the Agile Writer Workshop in 2011 with the mission of finding a method to help beginning writers complete a first draft in 6 months. The Agile Writer Method is based on the writings of experts in mythology, screenwriting, psychology, and project management. His seminars on the Agile Writer Method have informed and delighted thousands of writers, scholars, and university students. Agile Writer authors have written over 50 first draft novels and 10 published novels. Greg is a developmental editor for novelists and memoirists. He also coaches authors through the self-publishing maze. Greg runs the popular Agile Readers Book Club where new writers can get a beta read from a dozen or more readers.