• Develops literacy, vocabulary!
• Develops professional expertise in narrative writing!
• Introduces and explores the concepts behind this kind of writing!
• Introduces the student to the "market" writers work in!
• Introduces key ideas defining how to make a living as a writer!
• The perfect course for a student soon to graduate, who is seriously interested in writing!
• Written by the author of 4 novels and over 90 short stories!
• Develops critical thinking skills!
• Develops study in a self-determined manner!
• Lesson plans are complete and ready to use!  Start now!

This is a course strictly for the serious student author who is ready to invest a year or more into mastering the art and craft of writing novels and short stories. Through a study of the art of writing, and carefully crafted exercises, the student develops the art of writing novels and short stories.

You want to author the next brilliant short story collection, or novel. You've studied writing intensively (especially if you've done Connect The Thoughts Creative Writing courses, I-V!). Now, you're ready for the big step...the authoring of major and wonderful works of fiction, with your eye on selling them.

You're serious about a career? This is the course for you!

The student studies many of the greatest, carefully selected short stories and novels by the finest writers who ever picked up pen to write fiction, and in a structured, creative approach, comes to understand the methods and results of these great authors. As he studies, the student authors, again in a structured manner dictated by the course and calculated to get him going, several short stories, and finally, novels which will reveal his talent and uniqueness!