services & classes
services
Book Doctoring
In-depth professional editing and analysis of your novel or other
writing project.
W.I.P Evaluation
Professional evaluation of your current work in progress.
Ghost Writing
Multi-Award winner Mike Marano can be your ghost writer.
classes
Writing the Smart
Page-Turner!
Part 1
Mike's most popular course, foundation of the whole sequence of classes that blend the craft of genre with the literary. Three Classes, on blending the techniques of literary fiction to those of Popular Fiction.
Writing the Smart
Page-Turner!
Part 2
Mike's most popular course, foundation of the whole sequence of classes that blend the craft of genre with the literary. More "hands on" instruction, including a deep dive into one of the most influential and best-selling novels of the early 21st century!
Writing the Smart
Page-Turner!
Part 3
Mike's most popular course, foundation of the whole sequence of classes that blend the craft of genre with the literary. A truly unique class that uses three character types that are cornerstones of genre fiction to the workings of pop fiction.
SUSPENSE!
Part 1
Three Classes, on writing Thrillers, Mysteries, and Suspense Fiction. Examines three classics of the 20th century that defined the Suspense genre as we know it!
SUSPENSE!
Part 2
MORE Heart-Pounding Lessons from Contemporary Thrillers!
Examines three modern classics from the early 21st century (and one from the late 1990s) that show the Suspense genre is evolving today.
SUSPENSE!
Part 3
Pulse-Pounding Lessons for Using True Crime to Create Thrills and Tension!
Not a class like this anywhere else... learn how to use the old saw "Based on a True Story!" so it serves the story you want to tell and the thrills you want to create
Screen & Stage...
To the Page!
Part 1
Two Classes, on using the techniques of screen and TV writers and playwrights for prose fiction and narrative non-fiction. A survey of how exactly great shows, plays, and movies hit you emotionally and make lasting impressions, and how you can create the same impacts with just words on a page.
Screen & Stage...
To the Page!
Part 2
Learn to use small, everyday details to make huge statements, how to apply classic tropes to modern stories, and examine in detail two of the most influential and widely praised films of all time.
Master Class in
Popular Fiction
An Advanced Class, for those with previous workshop experience, on
the concrete application of
abstract themes to short and
novel-length fiction.
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Contact
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