The Fundamentals of Fiction: Ten Wrongs Don’t Make a Writer

Whether you are working on your first novel or your tenth, you will find this series of lectures from New York Times-bestselling author William Bernhardt invaluable. For the past decade, Bernhardt (Capitol Conspiracy, Murder One) has been one of the nation’s most in-demand writing instructors, guiding select students through comprehensive fiction workshops. Bernhardt inducts students into the Red Sneaker School, cutting through the obfuscation that sometimes cloaks the writing process. Bernhardt tells aspiring writers what they need to know to transform ordinary writing into extraordinary, high-quality, publishable fiction.In this presentation, Bernhardt explores some of the most prevalent writing myths. Can writing be taught? What’s the difference between literary fiction and genre fiction? How should I handle exposition? Just to name a few.