Prerequisites

• Possessing reading and research skills.

Course Description

If you want to write a novel and still hesitating or want to learn about novel writing techniques, then this course is for you. It is an introduction to research, narration techniques, character development, and plot construction. You might also be a novelist who has not explored himself yet.

Course Objective

By the end of this course, participants will:
• Build a strong foundation for novel writing.
• Apply research techniques and information gathering.
• Build and develop novel characters.
• Use effective narrative methods.

Course Outline

• Introduction to novel writing:
- Define the novel based on narrative schools.
- Write obstacles and challenges.
- Narrative time and place.

• Research and writing applications in the novel:
- Research and planning before writing.
- Stages and sources of research.
- Research considerations.

• Developing characters and narrative elements:
- Pronouns, "narrative voices," and optimal ways to use them.
- Create and define characters and maintain them.
- "Point of view" character and its role in guiding the narrative.

• Writing and narrative techniques:
- Use description and plot in the novel.
- Types of narrative dialogue and considerations for use.
- Review the text.

Course Benefits

• An electronic graduation certificate by Aljazeera Media Institute.