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Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot
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In this course aspiring writers will be introduced to perhaps the most elemental and often the most challenging element of story: plot. We will learn what keeps it moving, how it manipulates our feelings, expectations, and desires. We will examine the choices storytellers make to snag our imaginations, drag them into a fictional world, and keep them there. We will learn how to outline and structure a plot, discuss narrative arc, pacing and reversals and reveal the inevitable surprise: connecting the beginning, middle and end.
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4 модулей · 20 учебных материалов
01Plotting a Course7 материалов
What Is Plot?
What Is Plot?ВидеоHow Plot Works in Harry Potter
How Plot Works in Harry PotterВидеоCharacter + Action = Plot
Character + Action = PlotВидео02The Power of Structure4 материалов
What Is Structure?
What Is Structure?ВидеоABDCE Structure Examples from Famous Works of Literature
ABDCE Structure Examples from Famous Works of LiteratureВидеоVisiting Writer: How Structure and Outlines Can Help Organize Your Plot and the Story You Want to Tell (with Douglas Martin)
Visiting Writer: A Conversation with Douglas MartinВидеоAssignment
What's Up, Doc?Взаимная проверка03A Scene in Motion4 материалов
What Is a Scene?
What Is a Scene?ВидеоExamples of Effective Scenes
Examples of Effective ScenesВидеоShop Talk with Amity Gaige: How Setting and Description Make a Scene Come Alive
Shop Talk with Amity GaigeВидеоAssignment
Show, Don't TellВзаимная проверка04Cut It Out5 материалов
Editing and Revision
Editing and RevisionВидеоShop Talk with Amy Bloom: Defining Wants and Needs; Creating Characters with Strong Motivations and Desires
Shop Talk with Amy BloomВидеоShop Talk with Salvatore Scibona: Language that Gets Rewritten vs Language that Gets Cut Out
Shop Talk with Salvatore ScibonaВидеоThe 21st Point
The 21st PointВидеоAssignment
The Whole StoryВзаимная проверкаУчитесь у экспертов
Brando Skyhorse
Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing