Module 1: Introduction
Module:2 Metrics and productivity
How to Fill in the Goals Pyramid
Top Goal: Identify your ultimate, long-term goal. This should be something deeply meaningful and requiring sustained effort.
Second Level: Write down goals that directly support your top goal. These should be significant objectives necessary for achieving your ultimate aim.
Third Level: Break down the second-level goals into intermediate milestones that are more immediate, yet crucial for the higher goals.
Fourth and Fifth Levels: These levels are for granular goals or specific tasks necessary to achieve your intermediate milestones.
Tips: Be specific, stay realistic, ensure each goal aligns with your top goal, and periodically review and adapt your goals.
Module 3: What is a Novel & why is Genre important?
Module 4: Plot
Chapter Outline Example
Xmind Chapter Outline Template
Module 5: Character
Xmind Character Dossier
Big Five Personality Selector
Move the slider to set the value.
Move the slider to set the value.
Move the slider to set the value.
Move the slider to set the value.
Move the slider to set the value.
Mirror Moment Emotion Selector
Objective Obstacle Matrix
| External | Internal | |
|---|---|---|
| Objective | What's the character's external objective? | What's the character's internal objective (they may not even be aware of it, but it drives them)? |
| Obstacle | What's the character's external obstacle? | What's the character's internal obstacle (What do they do to self-sabotage)? |
Module 6: Theme
Module 7: Word Choice
Module 8: Dialog
Conversation example (for dialog tags)
Module 9: World Building
Module 10: Language Building
Module 11a: Narrative Positioning
Module 11b: Description of Expsotion (Show don't Tell)
Module 12: Concept Mapping
Blank Concept map (Xmind)
7 Level Concelpt Map
2 Level Concept Map
ChatGPT Concept Map Prompt
You will create a template for a concept map. This will entail the input of two words chosen by the user. Once you have the two words, we are going to branch off. Branch A and Branch B. create a matrix. Each word will branch into two columns synonym and antonym. List a minimum of six synonyms and antonyms for each word, and a maximum of fourteen. These branches should be presented in columns . Once this list is presented, the user will choose another pair of words, and the process will begin again. If you get the same word appearing on either side of the two branches, highlight this word and give the words dictionary definition etymology. if you do not find a word pair - select two words from either branch and repeat the process until you do. Ask "Do you wish to know the meaning of any of these words?" if prompted with a single word give the words meaning and etymology. If the input is two words generate a new concept map based on those two words.
Module 13: Creativity (Constraint - Oulipo, SCAMPER)
Module 14a: Neuro Linguistic programing
module 14b: Defamiliarization
Module 15: Suspense, Tension, Hooks, Cliffhangers & LOCK
Module 16: Editing
Social Media For Writers: Foucault to do with Social Media
Drafting your Novel with ChatGPT
Writing Process Checklist
Idea
Structure, Plot, World & Theme
Character
Chapters
Scenes
Editing
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