Holly Lisle's
Holly Lisle's How To Write A Series

Maybe you've tried to write series novels,
But they've ended in disaster...
Or maybe you've looked at the sheer size
of a series project, and stopped cold...

But ...

"You Can Learn The Secrets To
Writing An Amazing, Compelling Series
From First Idea To
Final Thrilling Installment...
In Four Weeks!"

I'll teach you every step I've learned
about writing and selling series novels,
and show you how to apply my techniques
to your series, no matter what
genre or media you work in.

Dear Fellow Writer,

Let's face it. Writing fiction is hard---at least it is if you intend to write well enough to sell your work.

Facing down the prospect of creating a series that could run 300,000 to a million words, though, makes writing a solo novel feel like a walk in the park.

First, there's the anything-but-simple question: "What kind of series do you want to write?"

You have 192 types of series
to choose from...
seriously

Only a few of these will be right for your writing style, your genre, your interests, and the story you want to tell---and starting your series by choosing the wrong series type will make it next-to-impossible to finish writing your series...never mind selling it.

So...

  • How do you decide whether you should be writing a bullet-proof cast, inconsequential-time, big-world series as loosely-linked stand alones?

  • Or whether your story needs a loner-centered, consequential-time multiverse presented as linked sequential stand-alones to make it soar?

Or whether one of the other 190 variations would fit better.

Figuring out how to choose the series type that's right for you is the first thing I'll teach you.

But choosing a series type
is just the beginning

You need to know:

  • How to create limitations that will prevent your series from turning seriously stupid

  • How to work out in advance the two critical elements each of your main characters must have in order to prevent accidentally breaking your story several books into the series

  • How to design the skeleton world that will keep you on track, on deadline, and save you a surreal amount of time both before you write, and then all the way to series end

  • How to use the Rule of Significance to decide what to leave out of your series---this is equally as important as what you include...and doing this one thing right will make you more creative, make your story fresher, and get you writing faster than you could imagine

  • And how to write your series plan, the tool you'll use to write and adapt your series from book one to the very end

But that's just week one...

Week Two Takes You
Into The Heart Of Writing
Your First Series Book

Writing a series is NOT like writing a solo novel. In the first book of your series, you have a whole series of tasks you must accomplish to set up all the books that follow.

Miss a step, and lose readers. It's that simple.

In Week Two, I'll teach you how to present your characters, what you must include about them when you introduce them, and what you can hold back.

I'll show you how to establish the essential details of your world right away, and make sure the readers who will love what you've written will know they're in the right place when they pick up your book.

You'll learn which limitations you need to get on page one of Book One, and why---and which limitations can wait a while before you break them out and show them off.

You'll learn how to control your story:

  • What character bloom is, why it's a bad thing, and how you prevent it

  • How and when to corral diverging plots, and why sometimes you'll want to let them go their separate ways

  • How to see crashes coming, and what to do before they hit

  • What to do when you lose your message

  • When to let an "unplanned oops" stand, and when to rip out the pages it happened on before it sinks your series like as errant missile through a rubber raft

In Week Two, you'll also learn the special characteristics of a series novel ending, and how to bring the first book to a close without infuriating your readers, cheating your story, or wrecking the book. You'll learn:

  • How to determine the nature of your characters and present them as your "first example"

  • How to demonstrate your series stakes

  • How to introduce readers to your long-term theme

  • And how to establish your series "continuity hook"

With your blueprint for Book One established, it's time to move on to...

Week Three:
Dealing With The
Rest Of The Series

The bigger your series gets, the more complicated tracking story events, character changes, plot twists, and loose ends becomes. So in Week Three you'll learn how to Track and Connect.

You'll develop your system for:

  • Keeping what happened in earlier books straight,

  • While planning changes you need to include in the current book,

  • While dealing with unplanned changes that could affect your final outcome,

  • Even as you deal with problem characters and

  • Series surprises

You'll also learn to use timelines. Some of the 192 varieties of series don't need them, but even if you decide to write one of these varieties, you may want to do a different series later.

And before you even write Book One, which is when this will do you the most good, you will learn to plan your exit strategies.

Strategies? Plural?

You betcha. You'll plan:

  • The one you need when you get sick of writing the series, or when you've reached its logical end.

  • The one you need if your series gets cancelled early. (It happens. A LOT.)

  • The one you need if you publisher throws so much money at you to keep the series going that you simply can't say no. (Hey, that happens too. Almost never, but it happens.)

No matter how you go out, you WON'T go out by breaking your story, murdering the character everyone loves just so you can get even with your publisher, or writing an ending so stupid people will be talking about it for years. (St. Elsewhere, do you hear me?)

And in Week Three you'll also learn how to pitch a series, both if you're a first novelist, and if you've been published before but have not yet sold a series. You need different strategies for each situation.

Week Four: The Q & A

Finally, in Week Four, you'll get the Q & A session where I've answered the toughest and most important questions students raised in the first three weeks of class.

I want to join the class now

Each week you'll receive:

  • Video lessons with step-by-step instructions

  • Transcripts you can use away from your computer

  • Printable worksheets to walk you through the process of creating your series, and to make sure your information stays where you can find it ... always.

  • Printable mindmaps to help you break through complex problems quickly

  • And any surprises I decide to include

But this course might not
be right for you.

Writing takes work. Writing well take a lot of work. You will not be able to simply watch the videos and create a great series.

You'll have to do the worksheets, create your series project, and write the whole thing.

If you just want to say you're a writer, save yourself the money, buy a black turtleneck, and complain to your friends and associates about how blocked you are and how much you're suffering for your art.

If you actually want to do the work, you'll love the course.

I'm a real writer. I write.
This is the course I need.

But How Much Does It Cost?

If you go away for a writing retreat, you'll spend hundreds of dollars for the course, plus the cost of travel and lodging, and you're unlikely to find a writing retreat that specifically covers writing a series, or that is taught exclusively by the person who's sold five of them...and counting.

If you take a college course, you'll spend hundreds or thousands of dollars, and the odds are the person teaching you won't actually write for a living.

I do write for a living, and I've sold a LOT of novel series.

And you can take my course for only $97.

Wait! What About A Guarantee?

I guarantee my work. Period.

If within 60 days of starting the course you haven't learned anything, or you aren't satisfied, I'll refund your 100% of your money. Just ask. You'll have a direct line to me throughout the course.

I want to join now.

This Course Is Unique:
You Haven't Read These Techniques
Anywhere Else

This is how I sold all of MY series. I built my process by trial and error over years --- and you'll learn not just what I did right, but where I really screwed up. You can save yourself a WHOLE lotta pain if you learn from my mistakes rather than repeating them.

I've been doing this gig since 1991, and the FIRST thing I sold was a fantasy series. So far, I've sold 32 novels, and I'm still writing.

I'll be delighted to walk you through the process: Writing a series is incredible fun, but you definitely need to know where the landmines are and how to avoid them.

Is This What You've
Been Waiting For?

Then join me in class now.

How To Write A Series

  • One-time payment of $97
  • Start class immediately, even it's it's 2 a.m.
  • PayPal, credit cards and debit cards accepted.

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Course includes:

  • Four weeks of video lessons (viewable onsite AND downloadable, both Mac and PC accessible, no Flash required)
  • Printable worksheets, printable mindmaps, and printable transcripts (all delivered in PDF format)

Course requires:

  • Up-to-date web browser (older browsers frequently cause download problems)
  • Online access---lessons are delivered to your student page once a week for four weeks on the same day you join the class.

Highly recommended:

  • Printer for printing out worksheets and mindmaps
  • Ring binder for storing worksheets and other course material

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You can start your course immediately, even if you sign up at 2 a.m.

Every effort has been made to accurately represent this product and its potential. Please remember that each individual's success depends on his or her background, dedication, desire and motivation. As with any publishing endeavor, there is no guarantee that you will achieve publication.

Save yourself time and frustration,
and prevent yourself from
making series-killing mistakes.

Learn the ropes of writing a successful series from someone who's been there and done that since 1991.

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Holly Lisle

P.S. You're getting a four-week intensive online writing course on how to write your series created by novelist Holly Lisle, with lessons delivered weekly to your online student page, including videos, worksheets, mindmaps and transcripts, for a one-time payment of $97. The course comes with a full 60-day money-back guarantee. When you sign up, you'll start lesson one immediately.

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Holly Lisle, Course Creator

Holly Lisle, Writer

Author of the following series...

The Secret Texts:
Diplomacy of Wolves
Vengeance of Dragons
Courage of Falcons
Vincalis the Agitator

The World Gates:
Memory of Fire
The Wreck of Heaven
Gods Old and Dark

The World of Korre:
Talyn
Hawkspar

The Moon & Sun series:
The Ruby Key
The Silver Door
Book 3 In progress

The Arhel series:
Fire in the Mist
Bones of the Past
Mind of the Magic

...Plus many solo novels

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