Dialogue: Craft dialogue that makes readers feel like they're eavesdropping on your characters' conversation. You'll learn to create dialogue for specific genres, how using dialogue can bring your characters to life, and how to fix common dialogue problems. Plot & Structure: Best-selling author James Scott Bell offers clear, concise instruction on how to write a believable and memorable plot, including tips for crafting strong beginnings, middles, and endings with easy-to-understand plotting diagrams and charts. Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Create compelling characters that readers believe in, write scenes that deliver an unforgettable emotional impact, distinguish among the many different kinds of viewpoint, and choose the right viewpoint for your story. Description & Setting: Make every detail count as you create believable people, places, and events. Use hands-on exercises to incorporate lessons on setting and description into your own work and master the oft-overlooked elements of description and setting. Revision & Self-Editing: Use an exclusive four-draft plan to take your writing from an organic draft, through the rough draft, to a final draft, and ultimately a polished story. James Scott Bell's expert advice makes revising your work accessible and achievable. Write Great Fiction Webinar Series: This set of three on-demand webinars gives you guided instruction on the most important components of fiction writing. Includes: Build Solid Story Structure: Use the three-act model to hold your story together from the start. Craft Sizzling Dialogue: Elevate your dialogue in the eyes of agents, editors, and readers using the 8 essentials of great dialogue and the 12 tools for creating dazzling talk. Make Your Characters Come to Life: Get readers to bond with your characters and learn how to craft memorable characters full of depth. Write Great Fiction Independent Study Workshop: This compilation of five of the most popular courses from Writer's Digest University provides you with writing assignments and lessons to help you fine-tune your fiction writing skills. Includes instruction from: Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting Write Great Fiction: Dialogue Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure Write Great Fiction: Revision & Self-Editing Work through the instructions and exercises at your own pace, in an easy-to-use spiral bound format. Digital Issue: Write Your Novel in 30 Days: This special edition of Writer's Digest gives you a map to completing your novel in just 30 days. Including articles on outlining, revising, characterization, and collecting story ideas, this guide also has worksheets to keep you on track and a calendar of goals for each day.