Art of Writing a Novel

About This Course

About This Course
The program, “The Art of Writing a Novel;” an intensive writing camp training course, seeks to create a new and distinctive model in writing education. Participants will share their own experiences in novel writing through proposed novels. They will work on such novels under the supervision of experts and specialized novelists for eight consecutive days.

The program depends on the presence of several experts and specialists to discuss the elements of writing the novel. The program also hosts a number of novelists, critics and publishers, to present their experience and expertise to the participants. The participants will have the experience of sharing their work with these guests and hearing their feedback. The program offers new research material that has been prepared by a specialized research team for this program. Participants will also be able to interact through written exercises that are professionally drafted and audited by experts.


Target audience:
The program is targeted at young novelists seeking to develop their experience in novel writing. The program aims at enabling young novelists to meet experts and present their experiences and viewpoints. At the end of the program, participants will develop their own proposals for novels.

Activities:
The program is primarily focused on the discussion between participants in the presence of experts, through several activities including brainstorming in the form of a painting or a video, individual practical exercises and discussions about the proposed novel of each participant.
Topics:
o The Idea, the Story and the Theme - The Narrator, the Novelist and the Characters.
o Characters.
o Dialogue, Language and Narration Terminology
o Time and Setting
o Structure
o Depiction and Narration

Duration: From 10:00 to 18:00