Video Courses for Members
Improve Your Writing with Our Video Courses
Available to Premium Members of Jericho Writers
We’ve created a suite of video courses to help our Premium Members navigate the publishing process; from writing your novel to finding a publishing deal or learning how to self-publish successfully.
Our online video courses are included as part of a Jericho Writers Premium Membership at no additional cost.
How To Write
Course length: 18 Videos | 15 hours play time
Tutor: Harry Bingham
Modules include:
- How to write magical prose
- How to write lifelike characters
- How to plot a novel: The basics and Advanced level
- Plotastophes (And how to fix them)
- Show don’t tell
- The secret of dialogue
- After you’ve finished your draft
Taught by bestselling author and Jericho Writers Founder, Harry Bingham, this fifteen-hour course covers how to plan, write and self-edit a saleable novel, with vibrant characters, great writing and a powerful story. Suitable for beginners and experienced writers alike.
Write With Jericho
Course length:
Tutors: the Jericho Writers team and alumni
Modules include:
- Elevator pitch with Harry Bingham
- Creating strong settings with Drew Broussard
- How to plot with Sophie Flynn
- Finding your voice with Sarah Ann Juckes
- Writing dynamic dialogue with Neema Shah
- Self-editing crash course with Debi Alper
The Write with Jericho Video Course is led by our team, with community at its heart. With insight across the writing journey, from elevator pitching to self-editing, this course is perfect for both new and experienced writers alike.
Getting Published
Course length: 30 Videos | 10 hours play time
Tutor: Harry Bingham
Modules include:
- Manuscript: Idea check and prose overhaul
- What do literary agents do and why do you need them?
- How to write an agent query letter and a synopsis
- Finalising your manuscript before sending to agents
- Traditional vs self-publishing
- Non-fiction book proposals
- Ask the industry: What genres are hot?
- Ask the industry: Novel and Non-Fiction opening pages
- Copyright, contracts, income and payments
- Publicity and marketing
- Film & TV deals
This ten-hour course is your complete guide to getting published the traditional way.
You’ll learn how to find the right literary agent, how to draft your query letter and synopsis – and how to get published successfully. It covers everything from manuscript preparation, building an author platform and the process of publication itself.
Introduction to Self-Publishing with Gwyn GB
Course length: 8 Videos | 8 hours play time
Tutor: Gwyn GB
Modules include:
- Your book cover
- How and where to publish? Wide vs exclusive
- Establishing an author platform and brand
- Your book’s blurb
- The launch plan
- Publishing to Amazon
Discover whether self-publishing is right for you in this introductory video course from indie expert, Gwyn Garfield-Bennett. You’ll be led through the process of publishing your own book and given the opportunity to try it out for yourself with exercises and peer feedback.
Self-Publishing
Course length: 31 Videos | 16 hours play time
Tutor: Harry Bingham
Modules include:
- Finalising your text
- eBooks Vs paperbacks
- Setting up your KDP account: Amazon categories, keywords, book descriptions
- Lead magnets and eBook links
- Your website & mailing list
- Book launches
- Prolific & Bookfunnel
- Amazon: Your selling options
- eBook pricing guide
- Your self-publishing toolkit
- Email marketing
- Amazon ads: Basics and Advanced
- Facebook ads: Strategy, Implementation, Testing & management
- Bookbub Ads
In this 16-hour video course, you will learn how to create, price, and distribute your eBook – and how to market it without being pushy or annoying. The course also teaches the basics about Amazon KDP and more advanced techniques that will turbocharge your sales. Perfect if you want to make a career out of writing.
Write a Novel in Six Weeks
Course length: 8 Videos | 8 hours play time
Tutor: Becky Hunter
Modules include:
- Ideas
- Inciting incident
- Character
- Plotting
- Pace and tension
- The writing
Learn the key skills you need to write a novel over six weeks, with author Becky Hunter, and put your learning into action with key exercises, and peer-to-peer feedback in our course community group.
Writing For Young People with Melvin Burgess
Course length: 6 Videos | 2.5 hours play time
Tutor: Melvin Burgess
Modules include:
- Connecting with your inner child
- Plot, character and story
- The two hour novel
- Editing
- Writing for young people – final steps
In this 2.5-hour video course, you will learn how to plan, write and edit your story for young people with internationally-bestselling author, Melvin Burgess. With interactive worksheets and activities, this course will show you practical ways to enhance your writing.
Amazon Ads for Authors
Course length: 12 Videos | 12 hours play time
Tutor: Nicholas Erik
Modules on:
- Amazon ads overview
- Amazon ads key metrics
- Amazon dashboard overview
- Amazon auto ads, category ads, keyword ads, and ASIN ads
- ASIN keyword research
- Amazon sponsored brand ads
- Manage, track and refine your Amazon ads
In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of Amazon Ads for authors. We’ll start with the basics of the platform and how to set up an ad, before progressing through the ad types and wrapping up with more intermediate topics like refining and tracking your ads. By the end, you’ll have the tools necessary to understand your dashboard and improve your ads over time – an essential skill for all self-published authors.
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