The first session in the course First Novel, First Draft. Meet your main character, develop them by writing a scene, consider their character traits and examine their behaviour.
First Novel First Draft: Session 6: Endings and beginnings: Working out how to get readers engrossed from page one, what they need to know to become involved in your story, using prologues and framing devices to introduce your story.
First Novel First draft: Session 4: Plot; beginning, middle, end. Writing to examine how plot happens when characters make decisions and looking at the the beginning, middle and end of your story.