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Write a Hit Novel or Script Using The Secrets of SUSPENSE!

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  • Updated 1/2020
4.6
(249 Ratings)
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 14 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Vik Rubenfeld
Rating
4.6
(249 Ratings)

Course Overview

Write a Hit Novel or Script Using The Secrets of SUSPENSE!

You will be able to write stories that your audience can't stop reading or watching!

Writers: learn the keys to breaking your story into scenes that grip your audience's attention irresistibly.

Learn The Secrets to Hooking Your Audience

  • Learn what plot is, and how to create it. (It's not what most people think it is.)
  • Learn what suspense is, and how to build it into your story.
  • Master act structure
  • Beat the dreaded "Second Act Slog"
  • Discover how to build your plot and suspense into scenes that hook your audience
  • Use the same methods that made my show EARLY EDITION a hit prime-time CBS TV series seen in 73 countries around the world

Master Story-Breaking

All writers need to break a story into scenes that maintain plot and suspense. In Hollywood, this is called "Story-Breaking". Mastering story-breaking is a cornerstone of success in all forms of fiction writing including novels, screenplays, tv episodes, stage plays, and YouTube videos.

I have discovered secrets of story-breaking over many years of hard work. They enabled me to create the hit CBS TV series EARLY EDITION. While they took years to discover, I can teach them to you in a matter of hours.

Examples are very important. This course is packed with many examples from perfectly structured films.

Break Your Own Story

Included worksheets walk you through applying everything you learn in this class to breaking your own story. The worksheets are in special Adobe Acrobat files that you download for free. You can click and type right on the worksheet. No need to print them out and fill them in by hand. Open them with the free version of Adobe Acrobat for Windows or Mac.

Course Content

  • 10 section(s)
  • 43 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 Learn The Secrets of Creating Your PLOT!
  • Section 2 Learn the Secrets to Creating SUSPENSE!
  • Section 3 Secrets of ACT STRUCTURE
  • Section 4 Story-Breaking for PLOT!
  • Section 5 Story-Breaking for SUSPENSE!
  • Section 6 Review of All Suspense Guru Secrets Using Examples from SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
  • Section 7 Review of All Suspense Guru Secrets Using Examples from LOST IN TRANSLATION
  • Section 8 SUSPENSE GURU Course Wrap-Up
  • Section 9 Bonus Lecture: JUNO
  • Section 10 Bonus Lecture: One-on-One Coaching

What You’ll Learn

  • Plot a story like a pro. You will learn:, What PLOT is, and how to create it., What SUSPENSE is, and how to create it., What ACT STRUCTURE is and what belongs in each Act of your story. , Vik's secret to beating the dreaded "Second Act Slog", How to break your stories into scenes that move your plot forward so that your story holds the audience's attention and never lets go., How to add scenes that move your suspense forward so that your audience is irresistibly gripped.

Skills covered in this course


Reviews

  • A
    Andrea Ostermeier
    5.0

    Sehr unterhaltsam und lehrreich.

  • O
    Only Practical
    2.0

    This course raised high expectations but turned out to be disappointing. There are so many more ways to create suspense than presented in this course...

  • W
    Wanda Garrison
    5.0

    What an enjoyable course! Very engaging - I have listened twice to the lectures. I am learning quite a bit about writing suspense.

  • A
    Anonymized User
    3.0

    Lacked the depth I wanted & his teaching style I found a little hokey, but I learned a few basics.

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