One Year Adventure Novel

On my Amazon Wishlist, I have something called the One Year Adventure Novel. Those who have read my wishlist may be wondering what it is. Well, first off, it's a writing curriculum that costs almost two hundred dollars.

But it's so much more than that.

OYAN, as it's often abbreviated, was written by Daniel Schwabauer. I first found out about it when my mom stumbled upon it somehow and ordered the free sample DVD. I've watched the DVD, and I've looked at the sample lessons that are on the site.

So I did some more study on it, and read reviews of people who have used it, Here's a few:

http://www.momlovesbooks.com/?p=81

http://homeschoolreviews4you.blogspot.com/2009/02/one-year-adventure-novelone-year-of.html

http://www.takerootandwrite.com/2009/03/one-year-adventure-novel-high-school-writing-curriculum-review.html

http://fivejs.com/a-homeschool-creative-writing-curriculum-that-actually-works/

http://www.homeschoolreviewsandmore.com/2009/02/one-year-adventure-novel.html

OYAN is different from other writing curricula, as it is from a Christian perspective and it's thrust is not to teach you how to string words together, but how to tell a story. It doesn't teach you how to characterize, but how to build a character that people care about. It teaches that a good story tells a lesson and how to tell the lesson you choose to tell without sounding preachy. It's lessons are told not just on paper, but it has a video portion that makes the lessons come to life.

It also has a sequel curriculum that is only eighty dollars that is about Fantasy and Sci-Fi which teaches how to do those genres when the student finishes with OYAN.

Since I intend to pursue writing as a career, I would like to take this course. Sew, It's a Quest might be a good book, but I want to be a great author, and this is a curriculum that could help me get there.