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Finish Your Book. Finally!

With the Mentorship That Helped Launch 100+ Bestselling Authors.

This Black Friday, unlock the complete Super Writers’ Bundle plus one full year inside Apex Writers, the elite coaching and accountability community created by David Farland.

You don’t just get training. You get a system. And the live support you need finally finish your book.

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How to write a novel online fiction writing course

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The Super Writers’ Bundle 

  • Brainstorm your world, characters, and conflicts 
  • Outline the plot scene by scene
  • Plot for maximum impact
  • Compose mesmerizing fiction
  • Market to a wide audience
  • Edit like a pro
  • Traditionally Publish–learn how to get started
  • Self-publishing for beginners
  • Staying motivated
  • Unique System for Finding Publishers, Editors and Agents
  • The Business of Writing
  • And More!

Taught by David Farland, the Mentor Behind Multiple #1 Bestsellers

David Farland trained and mentored authors including Brandon Sanderson, Stephenie Meyer, and James Dashner. His proven systems have helped hundreds of writers strengthen their storytelling, publish their work, and build lasting author careers.

Known as The Story Doctor, David spent more than 40 years studying the craft of writing, teaching at Brigham Young University, and working as both a bestselling author and editor. His influence continues to shape the next generation of storytellers.

Watch this short feature highlighting David’s work and the authors who credit his guidance for their success

Million Dollar Outlines Book
Blockbuster Book Signings! Book
Writing Wonder Book

Get 15 Courses and 4 Books

A Complete Path from Idea to Published Author

You’ll gain lifetime access to the full collection of David Farland’s writing courses and bestselling books, covering every stage of the creative process from concept to career growth.

Regular value: $6,000+
Your price today: $997

*For a Limited Time

One-time payment. Lifetime access included.

Over a hundred of David Farland’s past students
have gone on to become bestsellers, including
many who have hit #1 on the New York Times
Bestseller list. He has contributed to the careers of:

Brandon Sanderson

J.K. Rowling 

Stephenie Meyer

any many many more.

These courses are designed to teach you
what he has taught other Bestsellers!

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Brandon Sanderson

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Kings and Mistborn

“I still use the writing techniques he discussed, and constantly reference him and his instruction when I teach creative writing myself. . . His explanations led me directly to getting an agent, and subsequently, my first book deal.”

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Day Leclaire

Bestselling author of over 50 romance novels

“Whether you’re interested in making the transition to a professional author or are already published and wish to facilitate your move to the next level, Dave will give you the skill set necessary to make it happen.”

Dashner

James Dashner

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner series

 

“He understands storytelling and writing on a freaky level. All of us feel like we owe a huge debt to him.”

Everything You Need, Organized by Outcome

Story Structure and Plot
Promising Starts • Magnificent Middles • Powerful Endings
Learn how to plan, pace, and structure a story that keeps readers hooked.

Prose and Revision
Writing Mastery 1 & 2 • Rewriting to Greatness
Master self-editing and polish your writing to a professional level.

Publishing and Audience Growth
Publishing Today • Kickstarting Your Career • Five Tips for Writing to a Large Audience
Understand how to position, pitch, and grow your readership.

Creative Energy and Worldbuilding
Recharge Your Creative Batteries • Worldbuilding • Apex Favorites
Reignite your creativity and build immersive fictional worlds.

Now Includes 12 Months Inside Apex Writers

This Black Friday, when you claim the Super Writers’ Bundle, you also get one full year of live support inside the private writing group, Apex Writers.

You’ll get:

  • Weekly live calls with award-winning authors and editors
  • Monthly writing challenges to keep you focused and publishing
  • Private feedback from peers and mentors
  • Insider interviews with top literary agents, screenwriters, and bestselling authors
  • 24/7 access to the exclusive Apex Writers online community

This is where serious authors go to level up.

How to write a novel online fiction writing course

Bundle Contents

Advanced Story Puzzle Course

1. The Advanced Story Puzzle: How to Brainstorm and Outline a Bestseller ($399 Value)

Creating a story is like putting a puzzle together, one with missing or misleading pieces. 

Learn how to recognize what pieces of your story you have (such as characters, scenes, or conflicts), determine what pieces are still missing, and fashion the pieces you need. 

How to create imaginative settings that can give birth to incredible societies and characters, plus how to take those characters’ cores and generate enthralling conflicts for your plot. 

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Writing Enchanted Prose

2. Writing Enchanted Prose ($399 Value)

You’ve read stories that absolutely swept you away into another world, stories that made you forget you were reading and ultimately left you changed. 

This course is designed to teach you how to capture your reader’s imagination and keep them enthralled through your entire novel. 

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Writing Mastery 1 Course

3. Writing Mastery 1 ($399 Value)

What are the nine most common weaknesses that keep new authors from publishing successfully? 

This course will help you identify these problems and overcome them, strengthening your own writing through education and practice. 

Each topic is addressed in a taped lesson, followed by learning material, recommended reading, and a writing assignment. Learn to take your writing from “okay” to “powerful” and then “mesmerizing” in this first Writing Mastery course.

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Writing Mastery 2 by David Farland

4. Writing Mastery 2

In Writing Mastery 2, the focus will be on your story, which means that you will spend more time brainstorming scenes and working to build your story as a whole. 

Many of these exercises are designed to help you see your story in a new way, brainstorm new scenes, and then begin writing them, so that you build on the existing framework of your novel. 

Settings that can give birth to incredible societies and characters, plus how to take those characters’ cores and generate enthralling conflicts for your plot.

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Promising Starts writing course by david farland
5. Promising Starts ($399 Value)
 

For most people, starting well is a struggle.

The new author is faced with a lot of tasks: introducing their world, characters, and building his story. 

This workshop will help guide you through the process of writing that difficult opening.

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Magnificent Middles Course by David Farland

6. Magnificent Middles ($399 Value)

For many writers, the most difficult part of a novel to write is the middle.

Even professionals who outline well will often find that at the midpoint, they tend to second-guess their work, sit back and analyze their opening, consider their ending, and try to figure out how to get there in a way that will be entertaining and powerful.
 

This course will help you organize your thoughts before you begin writing.

You’ll learn about characterization, settings, types of conflicts, plotting the middles of a novel, and types of plotting tools that you can use to strengthen the middle of the novel.

 
Rewriting to Greatness Writing Course by David Farland

7. Rewriting to Greatness ($399 Value)

In this workshop you will learn why you need to become your own editor, and you’ll get an overview of the editorial process. 

Why it’s important to make multiple passes while editing, 

Learn some of the best tools to guide you as you revise your novel.

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Powerful Endings Writing Course

8. Powerful Endings ($399 Value)

When an author delivers a powerful ending, readers will take notice of the author’s name–and put them on their “to read” list.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to structure the ending, create an exciting “reversal,” and write cascading scenes that create an “emotional symphony” for the reader and lead to powerful complex.

Included Seminars

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9. Publishing Today ($199 Value)

Many new writers put together a great book proposal, then send it to a lousy agent or publisher. 

By doing that, they may set their own career back by 5 years. So in this seminar, I talk about how to vet agents and publishers, how to meet them, and basically get a leg up on a stellar career. 

Just as importantly, I’ll give advice to help you decide whether to go Indie, because in some genres, you might not even want a publisher, and getting one could hurt your career.

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WorldBuilding Writing course by David Farland

10. The Worldbuilding Seminar ($199 Value)

In every genre, the works at the very top of the all-time bestseller list tend to be those where the author has spent time to develop a unique and compelling world. 

In this series of seven lectures, Dave will talk about some of the elements of worldbuilding that you should explore.

Kickstarting your Writing Career

11. Kickstart Your Writing Career ($199 Value)

Dave helped numerous authors hit the New York Times Bestseller lists, so one of his most frequent questions is “How can I break into writing quickly?” 

In this series of lectures, Dave talks about some of the steps you need to take in order to build a successful career as a writer. 

This goes especially well with his book Million Dollar Book Signings, also included in this bundle.

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Writing for Young Adult and Middle Grade course by David Farland

12. Writing for YA and MG Seminar ($199 Value)

Dave helped launch the careers of or train such notable writers as J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and James Dashner. 
Many of these people write for the middle-grade and young adult genres, audiences which have their own particular needs. 
 
Learn about special considerations for these audiences and tells why they can be so hard to break into, but also so lucrative.
 
 
Recharge Your Creative Batteries Writing Course

13 Recharge Your Creative Batteries Seminar ($199 Value)

Every writer gets tired at times and feels that he has hit a creative block. 

In these lessons, Dave talks about how to combat that fatigue and get excited about your art once again.

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Heinlein Rules Seminar

14. Heinlein’s Rules ($199 Value)

More than 65 years ago, Robert Heinlein gave a few simple rules about how to approach your writing career. 

The advice is considered timeless, but a few things have changed since then, and maybe it’s time for some revision.

 

 Super Writers' Bundle Books

Million Dollar Outlines Book

Million Dollar Outlines ($19 Value)

Many writers can tell you how to outline, or not, but in this #1 Amazon bestseller, Dave takes it several steps further by helping you decide not just how to outline a novel, but how to create one that will become a bestseller.

Writing Wonder Book

Writing Wonder ($19 Value)

From the time when children first began gathering around campfires, we have been seeking tales of wonder–the feeling you get when something is strange and exciting. Most of the books we read are what I call “wonder literature”, yet writing wonder is a lesson seldom taught. This book will delve into what “wonder literature” truly means and how to increase the level of wonder in your novel.
 
Blockbuster Book Signings! Book

Blockbuster Book Signings! ($19 Value)

Million Dollar Book Signings will tell you everything you need to know to make your signings a success. 
This insightful book includes: – Ideas for Alternative Venues – Effective Publicity Strategies – Optimal Dates and Seasons for Signings – A Checklist of Items to Bring and Tasks to Complete and more.

Whether you’re a new author or a seasoned one, throw a book signing that makes readers wanting more–morebooks, more of you and more signings.

Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing ($19 Value)

Every genre of writing has a “secret language” that builds up around it, a way of presenting itself to the world. 

In this book, Dave helps you see the importance of learning how to resonate well with other books and films in your genre, while resonating with real-life experiences, so that your novel will garner an audience as big as the genre that you write in.

Real Writers. Real Results.

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Joanna Penn
New York Times Bestselling author and host of The Creative Penn Podcast

“If you’re like me, stuck trying to get a novel completed for years, then you’ll love David Farland’s writing courses as much as I do. I was reading dozens of how-to books, attending writing conferences, but on square one. Since taking The Story Puzzle, Professional Writers Workshop and Writing Mastery 1 my critique group writers tell me they can’t believe how much I’ve improved, and want to sign up themselves. I’m surprised how much more confidence I have. All because I have a best-selling expert at my side coaching me along. I’m finally on my way to publication.”

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Brandon Mull
#1 New York Time Bestselling Author of Fablehaven and The Beyonders

“Aside from being a talented writer, David Farland is an excellent writing teacher. Hearing him teach live and reading his written advice has helped me focus many of my own thoughts about the writing process. Those who would like to learn more about the craft of writing would be wise to pay attention.”

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Elizabeth Chatsworth
#1 Bestselling Author of THE BRASS QUEEN

“David Farland’s writing courses gave me the tools to build my writing career. I wrote the first chapter of *The Brass Queen* as a worldbuilding exercise in the *Story Puzzle* class. Dave’s kind words of encouragement inspired me to expand that exercise into an entire novel. As I worked through Dave’s courses, I learned how to create unforgettable characters, thrilling plotlines, and emotionally resonant themes. I also gained an insider’s perspective of the publishing industry that helped me to become a traditionally published author. Dave shared the tools to build my rocketship and pointed me toward the stars. I couldn’t have wished for a better launch!”

 

Limited-Time Bonuses Included

These bonuses are only available during the current 90% off promotion.

Free Bonus #1 A Real Bestselling Author Will Review Your First 10 Pages

If you’ve ever dreamed of getting professional feedback from someone who truly understands what publishers are looking for, this exclusive opportunity makes that possible.

You’ll have the chance to submit your opening pages to a carefully selected professional from my network of accomplished authors—writers I’ve personally worked with and trust.

I’m pleased to share that Jana S Brown, an award-winning novelist and respected writing coach, is ready to review your work. Your comprehensive critique will come from someone who has achieved the very success you’re pursuing and knows precisely how to guide you there.

Your professional evaluation will reveal:

• The strengths in your current manuscript
• Areas that would benefit from refinement
• Specific, actionable recommendations
• Techniques to maintain reader engagement
• Essential insights from years of publishing experience
• Professional secrets to polish your prose
• Guidance on your manuscript’s market potential

This thorough review offers the kind of professional insight that can make the difference between a manuscript that shows promise and one that captures attention.

Free Bonus #2 Private Video Assessment of Your Book Concept

Once you’ve crafted your book concept in the early modules, you’ll send it to a published author for a personal video evaluation. I’ve worked with these authors for years and carefully select who reviews your work.

They’ll analyze your idea from a publisher’s perspective — telling you exactly how agents and acquisition editors would likely respond — and show you specific ways to strengthen it.

Our purpose is practical: make sure your book’s foundation is strong before you invest months writing the full manuscript.

The video evaluation covers:

• Initial market response
• Concept strengths and weaknesses
• Specific improvement areas
• Positioning suggestions
• Next step recommendations

This early check helps you avoid the common mistake of writing hundreds of pages before discovering fundamental issues with your concept.

Free Bonus #3 Apex Novel Blueprint Private Facebook Community

Step into our private Facebook group where you can ask me questions about your novel or any part of the course. You’ll connect with other writers who understand exactly what you’re trying to accomplish.

Our current members have naturally formed their own support system. They’ve created genre-specific groups, traded manuscripts, and found writing partners who keep them accountable.

Many have developed real friendships. They share their struggles, celebrate their wins, and help each other stay motivated.

I check in daily to answer questions and watch how they lift each other up. Sometimes I just smile seeing how they’ve become each other’s biggest cheerleaders.

You’ll find:
• Direct access to me for questions
• Genre-specific writing groups
• Critique partners
• Accountability buddies
• Fellow writers who get it

This isn’t just another Facebook group – it’s a living, breathing writing community where real relationships develop naturally.

I see members making progress every day, supporting each other through tough chapters, and celebrating finished manuscripts together.

Free Bonus #4 The Publisher’s Pitch Kit

When your novel is ready, you need to know exactly how to present it to publishers. I’m giving you Dave’s complete pitching system – the same approach he used to help authors land major publishing deals.

Here’s what you’ll receive:

  1. “How to Impress Agents and Editors” Quick Guide
    My straight-to-the-point guide shows you what industry decision-makers actually want to see.

  2. One Proven Proposal Templates
    This isn’t a theoretical example. This is the actual proposal that helped a novel reach the Best-Seller list. Use it’s structure and approach for your own submission.

  3. “Novel Proposals” Video Training
    This is the same training publishers have paid thousands to receive at major writing conferences. I’ll show you everything I’ve learned from decades of working with publishers.

You’ll learn:
• The crucial differences between query letters and cover letters
• How to structure an attention-grabbing proposal
• My most successful proposal format
• Specific phrases that make agents request your manuscript
• Common mistakes that get proposals rejected
• The exact elements publishers look for first
• How to position your novel for maximum impact

The best part? Learning these submission techniques before writing your novel helps you shape your story for maximum marketability from day one.

This package gives you every tool you need to present your work professionally – the same way New York Times bestselling authors do.

 

Your Complete Author System…With Live Mentorship Included

Normally valued at over $6,000, the Super Writers’ Bundle includes 15 courses, 4 bestselling books and lifetime access. When you buy today, you get a full year of live support and coaching through Apex Writers ($423 value).

This Black Friday offer is the most complete path to becoming a published author…and it’s backed by our 30-day satisfaction guarantee.

Covered by a 30-day full refund guarantee.

Payment plan available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Once enrolled, you’ll have lifetime access to every course and book in the Super Writer’s Bundle.

Dave’s team no longer offers this service along with these courses. We’ve become too busy and now offer the courses at a much lower price.

You can take your assignments to your local writing group or have a friend edit them.

Yes! All lessons work on mobile, tablet, and desktop.

It’s so important to me that this course provides value for you, so if you are unsatisfied with your purchase, just contact me in the first 30 days and I’ll give you a full refund. Just email: service@mystorydoctor.com

If you are one of the first 10 purchasers,  you’ll receive professional, personalized feedback on your first 10 pages and book concept and a video call with a published author handpicked by David’s team. We will put up a big notice on the top of the page as soon as these spots are filled.

You have access to the community for a full year.

This bundle was created to make David’s complete library accessible to writers everywhere. It’s a limited promotion.

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Don’t Let Another Year Pass Without Finishing Your Book

You have the story. Now you have the system and mentorship that helped launch bestselling authors.

Start today and give your story its best chance.