🎓 Courses by The Plot Dude

Story Structure, Creative Flow, and Author Visibility—Your Way

Whether you’re deep into your novel draft or just building your author brand, these courses are designed to support your storytelling and your strategy.

Taught in The Plot Dude’s signature laid-back style, each course is practical, flexible, and focused on helping you build momentum without burnout.

🧭 The Plot Dude’s Guide to Story (Coming Soon)

A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Course for Novelists

This flagship course is for writers who want structure without rigidity, clarity without pressure, and tools that match the way they naturally create.

Includes:

8 Core Modules from spark to revision
5 writer-type-specific paths (Plotter, Wanderer, Hybrid, Mosaic, Sculptor)
Printable worksheets, beat maps, and creative prompts
Bonus mindset lessons and chill affirmations

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🎬 Fiction Foundations: Three-Act Structure

Build a solid, flexible structure for any story.

This quick course breaks down the Three-Act Structure in simple, digestible steps, with examples and templates to help you apply it to your work-in-progress.

Includes:

A visual breakdown of story arcs
Plot turn explainer videos
A beat map template
Tips for pantsers and plotters alike

Build Your Knowledge

🧲 Fiction Foundations: Goal, Motivation, & Conflict (GMC)

Make your characters want something, fight for it, and change along the way.

This mini-course introduces you to the powerful GMC framework used in commercial fiction—without making it feel like a formula.

Includes:

Character desire & flaw exploration
Conflict grids and goal tracking templates
Examples from multiple genres
Scene-level application prompts

Get Motivated

🔍 SEO for Authors

Make your books and brand discoverable without the sleaze.

A course for authors who want to build visibility through smart search practices. No tech jargon. No snake oil. Just honest tools that help readers find you online.

Includes:

Author site setup & audit walkthroughs
Keyword strategies for books & blogs
Optimizing book metadata (titles, blurbs, categories)
Evergreen content plans that don’t burn you out

Find SEO

🤖 AIEO for Authors (AI-Enhanced Optimization)

Futureproof your author platform with tools for the AI-powered search era.

This cutting-edge course walks you through how to align your content for AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and voice search while keeping your voice human and relevant.

Includes:

Intro to AI-generated search results
Author bios and blog content that show up in answers
Book positioning for AI tool recommendation engines
Content prompts for visibility without losing your soul

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