March 2025 Brilliant Bundle

We understand how launching out into a goal, a dream, or a serious endeavor like writing a novel, is well, daunting. You have the fire, the idea, and the characters, but how do you keep going?

(And going...)

As we begin the new year, envision the goals you're making that embrace your values. We can help you hone your skills and achieve your writing goals. Our March 2025 Brilliant Bundle offers a trio of lessons to help with your writing journey.

Let's begin with...

Impactivity: Unshackled

Using Tracy Higley's book, Impactivity, we'll explore the next section in this series that will help you break free of the things that hold you back from your dreams.

Understanding Character Motivation

At MBT and Novel Academy, we ask why a lot! That's because those WHYs speak to what causes us to think, speak, and act in a specific way. Same goes for our characters. During this class, Lisa Jordan will share the different types of character motivations, why their importance is an essential part of your writing process, and how using those motivations will drive your characters' actions and decisions.

Mastering Characterization

How many times have you looked at your finished manuscript and scratched your head, because you knew there was something missing? Or maybe you stopped halfway through because your character's actions felt trite or forced. Editing your novel can be tough, but figuring out why you are stuck can be excruciating. Often times, discovering what your character is missing can lead you to the right next scene. We'll be taking a look at how understanding your character can help you edit your novel.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

~Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

Go! Write something brilliant!

XO!

Susie May

Your Instructor

Susan May Warren

Hi. I'm Susan May Warren. I started writing while I lived in Siberia (yes, you heard that right--cold, snowy, Siberia). Alone. No one to help me, overwhelmed and not a little discouraged. Eighteen years later, I've published over 80 books in five different genres, have landed on numerous bestseller lists (including USA Today), won the RITA, CHRISTY and CAROL awards (and others) and started a school for novelists.

I've learned a few things along the way (beyond techniques on how to stay warm in the tundra!) Most importantly I learned that if I wanted to be published, I had to figure out how to write a book, how to edit it, how to step back from my stories, look at them with a critical eye, figure out what a good manuscript looks like, and then use my unique voice to make that happen.

I'd like to teach you how to write a good book. Edit it...and then, we'll talk about selling it.

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