Rl stine masterclass download torrent

What a crazy coincidence that I had literally just ordered these great R. Stine books before the course was announced:. So no one could have been more pumped for R. But did the course meet my high expectations?

You know the MasterClass is going to be a good one when, in the introduction video before the course has even kicked off, R. Good news. This course promises to give you hands-on practical advice from a master writer on how to go from having no ideas all the way up to having a completed finished book that speaks to younger audiences.

The biggest attraction for the R. Stine MasterClass is obviously the video modules. We get 28 beautifully produced videos with R. Stine teaching and talking directly to us. Personally I binged the course in two sittings. Because R. Stine is such a compelling speaker, because the videos are so beautiful, and because the content is so illuminating and educating, bingeing the masterclass is not hard to do.

What I typically do with these MasterClasses is watch it all the way through in a few sittings and take notes. Stine walking us through why he makes certain decisions when revising his books. In addition to the video modules, you also get a page course workbook. This workbook is fantastic and is filled with assignments laid out in a logical order that aim to take you from having no ideas to having a book.

The workbook contains a review for each of the video modules, detailing all the principles and lessons learnt. Then you get a bunch of exercises designed to improve a specific facet of your writing. You also get homework reading lists and movie and TV show watching lists. Heads up — there is a lot of recommended reading and watching in the course book. As you might expect, R. In addition to all this, each chapter of the workbook has an exercise that is designed to get you closer to finishing a book for children.

Your class project for the R. Stine MasterClass is to develop a story idea, put together an outline, create a character sheet, write a first draft and revise it. On top of all that, you also get access to R. Stine will answer student-submitted questions. Stine — which is good news. Stine actually answering it! Stine basically holds your hand and shows you how to get from the idea stage all the way to a finished book.

But if I had to choose a few favourite video modules, they would be:. Stine shares exact details on how many pages he writes per day, what a good outline should include, and how long it takes him to complete it. In this chapter, Stine teaches you how he likes to approach endings. He also draws attention to another key aspect of writing: how to stop your reader from guessing the ending.

With the 1st version firmly rejected, Stine picks apart each outline side by side to give you a better idea of how outlines work. As well as this, Stine also points out the difference between the two, and how he acted on feedback to get to the final draft.

Having rounded off this topic, Stine turns his attention to the most important consideration for your writing: your readers.

Instead, he says, it can just entertain. With attention to the 2 groups he writes for middle grade students and young adults , Stine teaches you how to:. As he puts it, knowing your audience is a big part of being a writer. So, with this in mind, he shares some tidbits that can help your writing relate to them more.

He also shares his unique point of view when it comes to audience preferences. In this chapter, Stine hones in on the 2 groups he writes for: middle grade kids and young adults. While sharing the age range for these groups, he also teaches you what they expect from books and how they differ. In this section, Stine grapples with the idea of horror writing for children. How do you avoid taking the scares too far? And how do age groups differ when it comes to reading style?

Taking you through a close reading of the 1st chapter, Stine teaches you the differences in vocabulary between middle grade and YA fiction, the types of characters he builds, and how he creates realism.

In this lesson, Stine turns his focus to point of view. In fact, his preferred POV comes with both pros and cons, and you should be aware of both before committing to it. So, in this chapter, Stine teaches you the ups and downs of different POVs, and how you can maintain balance in your writing.

I think this was a good way to balance the lesson and keep it from being too biased. Overall, this lesson offered some great insights on how you can use POV to heighten suspense. In this section, Stine focuses on how you can find success as a horror writer by tapping into your own fears. As he shares, he was easily frightened as a child, and he revisits that feeling when writing as an adult.

He also gives due attention to horror cliches and how to avoid them. His case study also introduces you to one of the most important characters in an R. Stine book:. In this chapter, Stine teaches you what is most important when making a monster. As he sees it, monsters relate to child psychology and can even be the characters kids identify with the most. Having written countless monsters himself, Stine guides you through what makes a monster and how you can work to visualize it.

He also shares some of his most memorable monsters and how he created them. In this chapter, Stine teaches you how to use story to reveal story and character. Like his other chapters, Stine ends this lesson with some parting exercises to help you find your own style.

So, in this chapter, he shares his techniques for striking a balance between them. As he sees it, this leads to stronger reactions from your readers — as he demonstrates in his close reading of Young Scrooge.

This is also a useful segue into his next lesson:. In these lessons, Stine turns his focus to how you can make relatable characters for middle grade and YA readers.

Firstly, he shares his framework for creating protagonists that readers can identify with. He also considers some criticisms of his characters — including supposed lack of depth. With reference to Goosebumps in particular, Stine takes you through his strategies for building characters and reveals why he likes to leave them open. Overall, this lesson offers some helpful tidbits for creating characters that readers can identify with.

Rather than sharing vague advice, Stine tells you exactly what he does when approaching a new book — especially when it comes to planning characters. At the same time, he does offer some insights into what you should do if writing a novel feels too intimidating.

He suggests the pros and cons of other formats, and shares the writing process that works for him. This includes the obstacles you can expect along the way, and the methods for overcoming them. In this section, Stine moves on to the manuscript. He teaches you what he thinks is most important when it comes to revisions, as well as how to respond to feedback.

He teaches you how to approach it positively in order to create a better manuscript. Along with this, he shares some pointers on how you can gain valuable feedback from different sources and use these to refine your drafts. Parting with reference to some of his favorite series-writers, this chapter takes you on to:. In a step-by-step lesson style, Stine teaches you how to gain storytelling skills from other authors. So, Stine spends some time here considering what other writers do well, and how you can study them to better understand their craft.

In this way, he says, you can also improve your own writing and find the style that works for you. In what I felt were 2 of the strongest chapters in this class, Stine teaches you how to assess and understand your ambitions as a writer.

Stine also takes this further to consider how you can promote yourself as a writer. He does this with reference to different age groups and how you can cultivate a fanbase within them. This probably makes him a prime candidate for learning how to avoid it! In this chapter, Stine shares his own writing process, as well as the tools he uses to get writing done.

As he sees it, tools are important in prompting your creative flow, and you should try different tools to see what works for you. You also have the benefit of learning how to write for different ages Stine has at least 2 main audiences.