So….you want to write a story!

I’m Valerie Comer, and I’m a teacher at writers’ conferences and retreats with a number of popular topics. While workshops designed to dig deeply into the hero’s journey or into crafting a high premise statement are wonderful, I’ve seen a need to present the Big Picture of what it entails to write a story. . .from beginning to end.

This workshop is popular with those who are new to the craft of fiction and led to the formation of this website. Here I have the opportunity to expand the topics while still surveying the forest, not the trees or the twigs.

Maybe you’re here because you’re an absolute beginner trying to wrap your brain around how to write a story. Maybe you’re here because you’re stalled in the process and don’t know what the next step is—or how to complete it. Maybe you’re here with several novels under your belt and want to know what to do next.

Sign up for my free writing course in the sidebar –>

I can help you. . .

to plan a story
to plot a story
to write a story
to edit a story
to publish a story
to market a story

A new lesson will arrive in your e-mailbox every week for 41 weeks. Let’s start at the very beginning, shall we? With the search for an awesome idea.

If you’re not getting your money’s worth, [ <— joke! It’s FREE!] go ahead and unsubscribe at any time. [ <— not a joke!] Just click the link on the bottom of any email you get from me. You’ll also hear from me occasionally when I have a really good deal to share with you. Meanwhile, I hate spam as much as you do. I will not sell, rent, or share your email with anyone else.

Psst! Want to know more about me?
Valerie Comer is published.
Valerie Comer blogs and writes where food and faith meet fiction.
Hanna Sandvig is the header image illustrator.
The two cats shown in the header are Moxie and Coonie, littermates born in September 2009. (Moxie is the one with white paws.) They love to snooze on the spare bed in my office or stare down birds through the window.