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IMMEDIATE FICTION, the book. The heart of The Complete Story. All the craft and technique you need to create successful stories along with the exercises for practice and inspiration—from single scenes to full stories you can turn into your own pieces. It contains everything I teach in 18 months of beginning, intermediate, and advanced seminars.
THE COMPLETE STORY WORKBOOK & MANUAL. Expanded, advanced material, techniques for getting the most out of your story and your characters, created for and available only with this course.
STORY BUILDER & COACHING MANUAL. Step by step assignments you use to put together your story then email to me for coaching and feedback as we work together getting your story into shape and ready to send out.
AUDIO TAPES. Six tapes that cover the critical elements in storytelling. You can play them as you ride in your car or in your Walkman. The more you listen the more you learn. A catalyst to developing your skills and technique.
ONE YEAR OF ONE-ON-ONE COACHING. Step-by-step coaching as we work together on your writing. Also, you can email me whenever you need. The course is designed so that you develop permanent, independent skills and, in the end, need no one, including me. But, whenever you're stuck, I'm here to help.
GUARANTEE. If at any time, for any reason (no need to explain) during the first 60 days you want to return the course for a full refund, including postage, just let me know.
COST. The cost of the entire course is $575. You can pay with a check or money order. You can also pay with a Visa, MasterCard, or American Express in one full payment or spread it out over three ($192), four ($144), or five ($115) monthly payments.
MARKETING CONSULTATION BONUS. I've been working with writers for 30 years. Because procrastination is always a problem (one you will overcome with this course), as a push to help you get going, I'm including a special marketing consultation ($150 if purchased alone) if you enroll before the deadline.
If you enroll before November 18, 2004 you will receive this special marketing consultation free. What that means is, I will work with you on a marketing strategy—exactly how (manuscript preparation, query letters, synopses), when (timing, how often, follow up, etc.), and where (agents, publishers, editors) to submit your work and who to submit to in order to ensure that your story gets serious consideration. I can also tell you what not to do and what kinds of offers to avoid. I'm not a lawyer and don't give legal advice, but I can tell you how to get the legal help you need to evaluate any contract before you sign.
Before creating and leading Chicago's oldest, most successful independent writers' workshop, The Writers' Loft, I taught professional fiction at Northwestern University for 10 years. A course like The Complete Story, if you could get it, on the college level would be well over $2,000. In terms of value, I feel there is no other course like this anywhere at any cost. But that's for you to decide. The only way to tell is to try it, which you can do at no risk with the full guarantee.
If you would like to call and talk to me in person, I'm at 800-219-1114.
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FINAL WORDS: The most important thing to keep in mind is: You can do this. Storytelling is an acquired skill and not an inborn talent. You don't have to be brilliant or write a brilliant story. You just have to master enough craft to tell a good enough story. Plenty of writers of average intelligence are making lots of money writing mediocre stories. Look around. They're not hard to find. Unlike the other arts (music, painting, dance, etc.) where you must have an inborn ability, to be a successful storyteller, you have what you need already. You don't have to know how to play the piano or paint a portrait to get along in the world, but you'd better understand yourself, how people work, how the world works if you're going to make it in this life. In fact, if you've survived this long, you have at least 10 novels in you. You have a full set of emotions and plenty of dramatic, painful, and exciting experience to draw on. That doesn't mean you have to write about yourself. Even if you're creating Martians, it all comes from your imagination. They're your Martians and your Martians are unlike all others.
You have what you need already, but you must learn how to use it. That means developing the skills to get in touch with your imagination and to bring it to life on the page. So, it's not what you have, but learning how to use it. All you need is the desire. The Complete Story gives you everything else.
© 2003 Jerry Cleaver
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