Learn to Write the Novel Way [Paperback]

Book Description

A language arts curriculum for grades 5-12. By the end of this course, your student will have written an entire novel with excellent style, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. The skills learned will

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Konos Connection
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966419006
• ISBN-13: 978-0966419009
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #525,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best writing course ever!, September 24, 2000

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Katherine von Duyke (Newark, DE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn to Write the Novel Way (Paperback)

This is so exciting! It is so important to move grammar out of workbooks and into student writing. Carole's course does that beautifully, coaching the student's writing process from the stage of thinking of ideas all the way through editing. She does a particularly masterful job in sifting the dreary grammar and spelling rules needful to writing into the truly useful gems. She then explains these in fun ways with easily understood definitions. Never dry, Carole makes correcting student novels almost as much fun as writing them. Also included is something most writing courses lack, a moral compass for the writing process. Since writiers lead the culture, its important that they do so from a moral base, Carole lists solid Biblical principles throughout. I have never before had the luxury of using a curriculum that contained all the elements I wanted in one book. This book is a gift to anyone seeking to teach or become a writer.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think of the flow of a comic-book, take that outline, and write your novel, May 11, 2007

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J. Gresham "Jon, the CivilSociety and MultiSm... (Montgomery, AL usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learn to Write the Novel Way (Paperback)

This is the best book I have found to get me writing and enjoying it! Her basic steps to getting a book written are:

--Imitate comic book writers. They call it the Master Plot Outline (MPO).

1. Hook reader

2. Establish setting

3.Introduce protagonist (main character)

4. Establish protagonist's goals

5. Establish current situation

6. Introduce conflict (the villain)

7. Villain characterization

Establish plot gimmick (add subtle detail that later becomes clear)

Transitions to provide motivations for protagonists

Protagonist and antagonist move toward eachother

Reinforce protagonist goals

Establish plot plant (tease reader with foreshadowing)

Introduce supporting cast and sub-plot

Sub-plot development in relation to protagonists

Develop conflict

Protagonist's big entrance

Big fight scene

Villain gets upper hand

Pickup sub-plot

Transition

Back to protagonist

Things look bad

Protagonist is up against the wall

Reaction and dilemma

Decision

Pay-off plot plants

Character growth to over come the antagonist

Payoff plot gimmick

Protagonist overcomes

Protagonist achieves goal

Resolve plot

It's as simple as that. Here is your outline, now write your book!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching language arts has never been easier or more fun!, September 25, 2000

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Terri Boykin (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn to Write the Novel Way (Paperback)

This is the book everyone who teaches language arts should have! Learn to Write the Novel Way takes teaching language arts to a new level - one that's fun for students and teachers!

Learn to Write the Novel Way utilizes an approach that immerses students in the task of writing, editing, and publishing their very own novel while simultaneously teaching vocabulary, grammar, and composition skills.

It's easy to use, fun, and most importantly, takes the drudgery out of teaching and learning the "mechanics" of language arts. The curriculum is presented in a step-by-step process that can be taught over the course of one semester or one year - whichever you choose. At the end of the course students have something tangible to show for all their hard work - their very own published novel!

This is the way language arts should be taught - in a motivating and inspiring environment - one that's fun for students and teachers alike. I would recommend this book to everyone who is charged with teaching language arts!