What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Achieve career goals
“Absolutely brilliant! It covered everything I wanted to know and much more than I expected. This writer has fifty years of knowledge and experience and it was if I were listening to an old friend giving me the best advice.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Achieve career goals
“This course with Ken Follett is entertaining and insightful - I thoroughly enjoyed it and got several gems for my writing. Highly recommend it for budding writers.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill, Pursue a hobby, Other
“Of all the courses here on BBC Maestro, Ken Follett's "Writing Bestselling Fiction" has been my favorite and the most informative to me. Mr. Follett walks you through his process -- from the book's inspiration to the publishing process -- and gives incredible insights into what has worked for him as a bestseller for nearly FIVE DECADES. What I love is that he brings in other voices -- notably that of granddaughter Alexandra Overey -- to give viewers more perspectives and pointers on the process.
As someone who loves to write (but has never attempted to publish anything...but might) this course was encouraging. It showed me that much of what I have been doing intuitively is the "right way" to go about things and it also helped me work past some roadblocks and frustrations that I never even realized I had in my writing.
My only knock against this course is that it was 5 times longer -- I could have listened to Mr. Follett talk about his books, his process, or just give advice and tell stories for as long as he was willing to talk.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Achieve career goals
“I think this course is excellent with so much useful information for the beginner writer, like myself. I like all the courses I have watched and I have watched many. On food, writing, poetry, art and health and many others. I have found Ken Follett's course very useful for my first novel. And I have two more in the pipeline. Thank you very much Ken Follett.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill, Pursue a hobby, Achieve career goals, Other
“Ken goes through the various elements of writing a book. He covers the main bases, but doesn't really get into nitty-gritty of it. I was hoping for much more detail - explanation of his techniques and tools he uses to get to the end, rather than this slightly smug, high-level view. This course feels like something of missed opportunity. But then again, if I were a 200m+ selling author, I might be a little reticent to open the kimono too wide.”
Hi Stuart,
Thanks for your review. We value every BBC Maestro customer, and really value your feedback.
All courses have detailed course notes to accompany them, which a lot of learners find really useful when watching a course, especially when completing the course exercises. These might provide more insight from Ken for you to get stuck into!
I hope this helps, but feel free to contact our amazing customer service team at support@bbcmaestro.com if you would like more support!
Best,
Rebecca
