Amy Tan, the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club, welcomes you to her class by sharing what writing means to her and what she’ll be teaching you.
Amy explores the importance of a writer’s voice and invites you on an inner journey to find yours.
Amy walks you through her process of using emotional memory and real-life events to write fiction by sharing her own childhood memories.
Get Amy’s tips on how to conduct research and find inspiration in observing the world around you.
Amy believes the first pages of a story are the most important. Learn the key elements of a compelling beginning and how to grab your readers right from the start.
Learn Amy’s process for choosing a narrative point of view—and why it’s not set in stone.
Find out how to create complex, compelling, and authentic characters that will engage your readers.
Amy dives into her love of words and explains the importance of choosing each one carefully.
Amy teaches you how to become your own best editor and to seek useful feedback from other writers.
Write to your muse, talk to ghosts, and dialogue with your doppelgänger. Amy takes you into her creative underworld to teach you how to access yours.
Amy explains why you have writer’s block and how to get out of it.
Get Amy’s insider’s perspective on the adaptation of her bestselling book The Joy Luck Club into an award-winning film.
Amy shares her rejection letters with you to show how she processes disappointment and carries on.
Learn how to craft an engaging and satisfying ending that will keep readers looking forward to the sequel.