Inside Voices
Last Updated
Feb 2025
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Students
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Who is this course for?
Any author struggling with their characters’ thoughts. Discover how to write inner thoughts that feel real and relevant.
Overview
Have you ever struggled to write internal dialogue that feels authentic and engaging? Many writers do-it’s one of the trickiest parts of fiction writing.
For just $47, you’ll gain lifetime access to:
- 6 bite-sized video lessons that guide you step-by-step through creating natural, engaging inner voices.
- Downloadable PDFs packed with examples and takeaways from each lesson.
- Written Q&A addressing common questions and providing practical solutions for your writing challenges.
- Cheat sheets to make applying what you’ve learned even easier.
The course is self-paced, so you can start when it’s convenient for you – and revisit the lessons anytime.
What You'll Learn
How to avoid the common pitfalls of internal dialogue that can slow pacing or disconnect readers from your characters.
Course Content
Understand what internal dialogue is and why it’s needed for storytelling.
Explore how and when to use direct versus indirect internal dialogue.
Discover the rules for writing believable inner thoughts.
Find out how to avoid distancing readers with stale words and techniques.
Get clarity on grammar and formatting for internal dialogue.
Wrap up with actionable tips to strengthen your internal dialogue moving forward.
About the instructor
Stacy Juba
Stacy Juba published her first novel at age eighteen, and over the years has written sweet and sassy chick-lit novels, mysteries about determined women sleuths, and action-packed YA ice hockey novels. She is also a freelance developmental editor, creator of online courses for writers, and an award-winning journalist who has published more than 3,000 articles in newspapers and magazines. Stacy is the founder of Shortcuts for Writers, and her goal is to take the writing and editing tips she learned in the trenches and simplify them for her clients and students. Her signature course, Book Editing Blueprint: A Step-By-Step Plan to Making Your Novels Publishable, empowers fiction writers to think like an editor so they can save time and money. She also runs the Shortcuts for Writers: Editing Made Simple group on Facebook, an international community connecting writers of all levels, and is the creator of the Energize Your Writing Toolkit: Cheat Sheets for Character Emotions. A past recipient of the Avon Flare Young Adult Novel Competition and the William F. Deeck – Malice Domestic Grant for her fiction, Stacy has also won over a dozen journalism awards including the American Cancer Society New England Chapter’s Sword of Hope Media Award. She has made bestseller lists including GalleyCat’s Barnes & Noble Bestsellers, GalleyCat’s Mystery and Thriller Bestsellers, and multiple Amazon Top 100 lists.
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About the instructor
Stacy Juba
Stacy Juba published her first novel at age eighteen, and over the years has written sweet and sassy chick-lit novels, mysteries about determined women sleuths, and action-packed YA ice hockey novels. She is also a freelance developmental editor, creator of online courses for writers, and an award-winning journalist who has published more than 3,000 articles in newspapers and magazines. Stacy is the founder of Shortcuts for Writers, and her goal is to take the writing and editing tips she learned in the trenches and simplify them for her clients and students. Her signature course, Book Editing Blueprint: A Step-By-Step Plan to Making Your Novels Publishable, empowers fiction writers to think like an editor so they can save time and money. She also runs the Shortcuts for Writers: Editing Made Simple group on Facebook, an international community connecting writers of all levels, and is the creator of the Energize Your Writing Toolkit: Cheat Sheets for Character Emotions. A past recipient of the Avon Flare Young Adult Novel Competition and the William F. Deeck – Malice Domestic Grant for her fiction, Stacy has also won over a dozen journalism awards including the American Cancer Society New England Chapter’s Sword of Hope Media Award. She has made bestseller lists including GalleyCat’s Barnes & Noble Bestsellers, GalleyCat’s Mystery and Thriller Bestsellers, and multiple Amazon Top 100 lists.
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