One year novel program

So, over my lunch break, my youngest and I ran back to our little Airbnb house and I got to business. In thirty minutes I managed to kill my website again, contact Host Gator to get access back, delete the problem, shop for a new solution, buy it, install it, and make it work.

I felt like my brain was about to explode, but I know that my problem was only possible to solve through the Lord's strength. What I really didn't want to do was miss the Andrew Peterson concert that night. His music and his stories walked me through my time of grief after losing my sister.

I didn't expect however that hearing him live again would stir up all of those raw emotions, and after my action packed day, I wasn't prepared for dealing with them. I don't love how I handle my grief.

I have no strength for kindness towards my kids, compassion for others, or patience with my husband. Didn't I just learn to use God's strength when I'm in the ashes? Not only that, but I let my imagination run wild. Earlier that day I couldn't get my husband to answer his phone when I was struggling through my website issue. It was frustrating then, but in this fog of grief it was frightening. It's not like I was trying to call him during the concert, but at the very end, I got a call from a number I didn't know listed from my home town.

My thoughts started racing to this terrifying place of what if something happened to my husband and I'm up in Kansas with my kids. How would we get home if he's been hurt. I can't drive that far while I'm crying. I told you that I have a good imagination. I remembered the phone call from the night of my sister's accident, so I know phone calls like that are possible. I called my husband on the way home, and he was just fine.

He didn't show me the compassion for my imagination that I wanted, so we fought. I argued with my kids that night and the next morning. Why don't we just go home? We heard Andrew Peterson, I'm good to go.

With my bad attitude threatening to ruin our time, I knew that we needed to carefully consider what the Lord wanted for us to learn from this experience. I needed to meet Torry Martin, actor, screenwriter, and writer for Adventures in Odyssey. This man is a man after God's heart.

He reminded me so much of my father: humble while successful, transparent about his sins, and passionate about his faith. You can read his life story in his two new books: Of Moose and Men which I can't put down , and The Call of the Mild which I heard excerpts from and can't wait to read as well. Students will share their projects in class. It is quite motivating and fun to join together to write and to create! By the end of this course, students complete a rough draft of their adventure novel.

This is a full school-year-long program. Students must commit to the entire year from the outset. Instructor: Amy Gillispie, B. That is why I am here to coach you through. From Production to Distribution. Do you want to be a best seller? Do you simply want to give the book out to clients? Do you want to be a key note speaker? How much do you have to spend on Marketing? On PR? They will all tell you that I took them to the very end, and am aways around to call… Just recently a client called me and asked if I can help her choose cover pictures for her books as well as write the back blurb for the book.

At the end of twelve weeks, we have a first draft and you are ready for Stage 3! Will you self-publish? Or will you write proposal for a big publishing deal? Some lessons also direct students to read a chapter from The Prisoner of Zenda. Next, students answer questions in regard to what they have read. The Map workbook is then used for students to actually develop their story. Alternatively, students can complete self-scoring quizzes on the computer using a program on the resource disc.

The One Year Adventure Novel provides surprisingly comprehensive instruction with loads of examples of excellent storytelling in both written and video formats. While it is written for teens, adults who have always wanted to write their own adventure novel should also find it valuable.

Schwabauer puts some boundaries around the creation of the novel to keep the project manageable and to increase the likelihood of success. For example, the basic assignment is to write a heroic quest. Also, Schwabauer requires students to create a main character who is within a few years of their own age since they can write more realistically about such a person than they could about an adult. He also requires them to write in the first person from the point of view of the main character.

Schwabauer's presentation of this latter requirement is illustrative of the way he teaches throughout the course.