I offer four different online classes aimed at helping writers – both professional and first-timers – start, make progress on, and finish novels. Check out the options below to find one that’s right for you — then email me! juliadahl@gmail.com
How to write a novel in 15 minutes a day
Based on the advice I laid out in an August article for Fast Company, this course helps writers create a sustainable writing practice – the first step to finishing a novel. In this course, which consists of three 60-minute sessions, we’ll work on:
-How to train you brain for success
-How to find the 15 minutes each day that work for you
-How to give yourself permission to embrace yourself as a writer
-Tricks to get through your first draft
Cost: $500
Fiction for Journalists
After 20 years in journalism and four published novels, I have come to believe that almost all journalists have the skills to write fiction – they just need a little guidance and support.
This course consists of five 90-minute online sessions where journalists will discuss and experiment with fiction, getting feedback, guidance, and inspiration.
We’ll talk about:
– Finding the story you want to tell
– Building compelling characters
– Structure, pacing, tension, dialogue
– Creating time to write
– Generative research
– The publishing industry
– Querying an agent
. Cost: $950
Get “unstuck”: Journalism for fiction writers
This course consists of one 90-minute session where fiction writers learn journalism skills – including research, interviewing techniques, and building a daily writing practice – that will help them get “unstuck” and finish their draft. Cost: $150
FIRST DRAFT BOOK CAMP
For aspiring novelists who’ve never been professional writers, I offer “First Draft Boot Camp”: a course consisting of five 90-minute sessions that meet you where you are in the novel writing process, and give you the tools and inspiration to make the crucial first step in publishing your novel: finishing a first draft! Cost: $950
testimonials
“Julia is a generous, encouraging, thoughtful instructor and mentor. Her enthusiasm for helping writers become the best they can be is palpable (even through a screen!) and my excitement to work on my manuscript was always higher after meeting with her. I wish I could meet with her every day!”
Sara Gaynes Levy, Editor of Westport Lifestyle Magazine
“Working with Julia was such a game changer! I came into the class with some chapters and a concept, and left with 25,000 words and a fully formed plan for how to finish my first fiction book, as well as insight into the fiction publishing process. She provided great insight into how I can make the writing process work while also managing a busy full-time journalism job and had some great ideas for the plot of my book. The class was so much fun and never felt like work, more like something I was doing to invest in my own creative process and passion for writing.”
Melanie Hicken, Senior Investigative Reporter, CNN