Story Structure, Outline, Characters, and Scene List
Come with an idea and leave ready to write! (Starts May 1st)
This Course is for You If:
✅ You Want to Approach Your Writing with Vision, Confidence, and Process Toward Completing Your Manuscript(s)
✅ You Want to Learn an Effective and Efficient Approach to Book Manuscript Writing that Creates Quality Creative Work in a Low-Stress, Repeatable Way
✅ You Want to Learn the Functional Fundamentals of Bestselling Story Structure, Character Development, and Scene Creation, the Building Blocks of Great Manuscipts
✅ You Are Tired of Sitting With an Unfinished Idea or Manuscript and Are Ready to Complete Your Book
✅ You Want to Be Ready-to-Write for the June or November Book Genius Writing Challenge
Requirements:
This course has no pre-requisite and is designed for all levels of participants. To start, you need nothing more than an idea for a book, whether fiction or non-fiction. This course is designed for both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts and can serve as a prep course for either of the June or November Book Genius Writing Challenges. If you have questions, please first check the FAQs below or email [email protected].
Program Contents
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StartStory Structure, Scenes, and Character Introduction (3:28)
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StartWhat is the "Un-MFA" approach used in this course? (5:22)
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StartThe Writing Process (3:41)
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StartHow I Wrote and Published Seven Books in Ten Years (5:09)
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StartAssignment: Course Vision Statement
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StartAssignment: Course Check-In
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StartWriting Help and Resources
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StartLIVE Instruction and Q &A - Big Idea and Story Structure
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StartDownload: Example Memoir Structure
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StartDownload: Example Memoir/How-To Structure
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StartDownload: Example Fiction Story Structure
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StartDownload: Essential Scenes for Fiction
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StartDownload: Essential Elements for Memoir/How-To
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StartAssignment: Narrow Down Your Big Idea & Select Your Story Setting and Structure
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StartLIVE Instruction and Q & A - Character Development for Depth and Impact
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StartDownload: Character Development Workbook
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StartAssignment: Complete Your Character "Casting"
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StartAssignment: Complete Your Preliminary Scene List
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StartDownload: Anatomy of a Character Visualizer
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StartWatch: "Secrets of Character Development Success from Talking to Hundreds of Readers About My Work" Mini Course (14:14)
Your Instructor
Behind the pen name “Jayne Allen” is Jaunique Sealey, an accomplished multi-disciplinary professional who started writing books as a pastime and developed it into a blockbuster career in publishing. She has helped devise a platinum-selling album release strategy (Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album), led award-winning marketing agency work, created her own bestselling novel series, and launched multiple companies from concept to revenue, including a cosmetics brand on QVC. Her unique experience-based insights have been featured by national and international platforms such as SXSW, Forbes, Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and Fox News.
Under pen name “Jayne Allen,” Ms. Sealey is the author of Black Girls Must Die Exhausted. Initially self-published, her groundbreaking debut novel was acquired by HarperCollins’ HarperPerennial imprint in a four-book deal along with sequel books, Black Girls Must Be Magic and Black Girls Must Have it All, and a standalone novel scheduled for 2024. She has been reviewed by The New York Times Book Review, and has been featured on Good Morning America, and in USA Today, BuzzFeed, Shondaland, Black Enterprise, Detroit’s HOUR Magazine, and numerous other publications. Her follow-up novel Black Girls Must Be Magic was recently named as one of the 7 Best Novels of 2022 by Essence Magazine. Her books have sold over 100,000 copies worldwide across formats and her first novel was translated into Portuguese, specifically for release in Brazil. The year after its initial release, the Black Girls trilogy was optioned by AGC Studios and is currently in development as a television series.
Also a non-fiction author, Ms. Sealey wrote and published “Piece of the Fame,” and “Regroup,” both acclaimed titles delivering her business expertise and general advice in the areas of social media, brand development and entrepreneurship. Since 2018, through her online educational platform Book Genius, she has served hundreds of largely under-represented authors with writing and marketing resources and instruction.
A graduate of Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and Harvard Law School, Ms. Sealey spent a decade as an entertainment attorney and another decade following as an entrepreneur, turnaround strategist, and marketing executive, serving as a founder and founding executive management for several companies and brands.