Course Overview
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Background includes - Writing background concepts, such as genre, active verbs,
figurative language, connotation /denotation, active/passive voice. Creative Non-Fiction
defined. Common themes include - embroidery, epiphany, connection, rituals, full circle,
and quests.
Character includes - the development of round, flat, static, dynamic, static characters, and
the authorial point of view. Character development exercise via revising an existing scene.
Dialogue includes - the basics of using dialogue. This entails direct dialogue, indirect
dialogue, summary dialogue, monologues, and interior monologues.
MRUs are a structured method of developing the 'flow' of scenes as a function of exterior
event, internal/ external dialogue, and character action. Plus more.
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Story Process includes - pre-writing, drafting, critique, revision, and show/tell. The
snowflake development of plot, theme, flashbacks, setting, and scene.
* If you have no computer or would like specific information printed,
please let me know at the prior week's class or via email.
Beginnings includes - point of view, scenes, summaries, sensory words, strategies of writing
and some good ideas for critiquing. Also, the computer offers us tools, often underused.
Weekly Schedule