This course provides you with an overview of the core concepts of the story - research, setting, character, and dialogue - a basic exploration of The Hero's Journey and it's main character archetypes, as well as an overview of the essential tools of the trade needed to write professionally. With 8 lessons, you'll learn how to take your amateur prose to next level and prepare for the steps involved in the publication process.
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1. The Key Elements of Story
- Get an overview of the essential tools of the trade needed to write professionally
- Learn about the core concepts of a story
2. Research
- Know the essential concepts to consider before researching your work
- Take a crucial look at the types of sources writers will interact with
- Explore how to integrate research into fiction
3. The Three-Act Structure
- Examine fiction's most popular narrative structure
- Get into specifics of how the 3 acts function
- Plot narrative within framework
- Demystify discussion of the importance of narrative causality
4. Character Development
- Know the core concepts to consider when constructing characters
- Focus on the public/private disparity as well as the need for character motivation
- Look at more key character archetypes
- Learn handy writing tips for writing characters for a modern audience
5. Character, Conflict, & Humanity
- Take a deeper look at character development
- Focus on the crucial nature of conflict & subcategories thereof
- Draw up a character bio & design a cohesive cast
6. Writing Dialogue
- Know what distinguishes dialogue from real-life speech
- Learn how levels of human intimacy guides dialogue
- Make decisions regarding the use of slang/regionalisms/jargon in fiction
7. Genres of Fiction
- Take a look at the original Ancient Greek genres
- Learn the most up-to-date approaches to the concept
8. Publication.
- Learn the pre-publication phases of beta-reading and criticism
- Assemble necessary auxiliary documentation,
- Handle the process of actual submission & potential feedback
