He has taught everyone from award-winning authors and A-list screenwriters, to journalists, poets, actors, professional athletes, war veterans, housewives, doctors, lawyers, television showrunners, and anyone else with a story to tell. Writers' Lab in 2002 as a place for writers to deepen their craft by learning to marry the rigor of story structure to the wildness of their imaginations. He spent three years teaching storytelling to inner city high school students through the non-profit arm of Spoken Interludes.

and at colleges around the country ever since. Watt first taught a summer creative writing workshop at UCLA in 1998, and has been teaching and lecturing on the creative process in L.A. He recently adapted his first novel Diamond Dogs to the big screen for French film company Quad Entertainment, and is executive producing with Alex Pettyer (I am Number Four, Magic Mike) set to star. He was listed in The New York Times New and Notable books section, was a BookSense 76 pick, and a Barnes and Noble 'Discover Great New Writers' recipient. He has won a number of awards for his writing including France's 2004 Prix Printemps (best foreign novel) and the American Library Association's Alex Award. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.īestselling author, Alan Watt, is a novelist and screenwriter, as well as one of the country's most trusted and respected writing instructors.

The third section discusses what to do with your manuscript once you have completed your rewrite.

The weekly summaries provide an overview of the work to be covered that week, while the daily letters are focused on various aspects of the process and offer a single daily directive. The second section is the 90-Day Rewrite workshop, which is divided into thirteen weeks, with each week addressing a key stage in the hero's journey. It is followed by a series of left-brain Technical Matters. The first section, Preparation, contains an overview of the process and an in-depth discussion of story structure. As the rewrite process involves moving between the left and right brain, this workbook is structured to approximate that experience.

By setting goals and having clearly defined guideposts this process has helped many writers complete their work in a timely manner. Writers' Lab over four and a half-years to help writers who were getting bogged down by the myriad vagaries of the rewrite process. In this practical day-by-day guide to revising your manuscript, you will: * End procrastination by breaking your work down into manageable tasks * Learn the technical skills necessary to bring your prose to life * Discover how to write compelling dialogue * Solve narrative problems of structure, point of view and pacing * Learn how to sell and market your book once it is completed The material in this book was developed at L.A. The greatest challenge in rewriting your book is making a thousand small changes while staying true to your narrative voice.

The 90-Day Rewrite by Alan Watt