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Description
This course, Start writing fiction: characters and stories, helps you to get started with your own fiction writing. It provides a practical, hands-on approach, focusing on the central skill of creating characters.
You will listen to established writers talk about how they started writing and consider the rituals of writing and the importance of keeping a journal. You'll learn how to develop your ideas and the importance of reflecting on writing and editing, and you'll hear other writers talking about their approaches to research and consider ways of turning events into a plot.
This course is intended for those with an interest in starting to write fiction or improving their fiction writing, and does not require any previous experience of studying this subject.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Create characters for your own stories
- Understand the importance of keeping a writer's notebook
- Reflect on your writing and edit your work appropriately
- Generate and develop new ideas in writing your own fiction
- Analyse and discuss creative writing.
Course Curriculum
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- Introduction 00:20:00
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- What is fiction? 00:07:00
- Fact and fiction 00:10:00
- What can you see? 00:10:00
- Creating your own space 00:10:00
- Keeping track of useful details 00:10:00
- Reviewing your notes 00:10:00
- Why writers write 00:15:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- Observation – the importance of detail 00:10:00
- Heightening your observations 00:10:00
- Learning from other writers 00:20:00
- Comparing characters again 00:15:00
- How can I be original? 00:15:00
- Familiar words in unfamiliar places 00:10:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- What is editing? 00:10:00
- Editing is your friend 00:10:00
- Editing practice 00:10:00
- Editing – big decisions 00:07:00
- Editing summary 00:15:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- What is plot? 00:10:00
- Developing your plot line 00:10:00
- What if? 00:10:00
- Writing character 00:10:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- Round and flat characters 00:15:00
- Enriching stereotypes 00:10:00
- Talking more than types 00:10:00
- Challenging expectations 00:10:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- ‘Three Hours Between Planes’ 00:25:00
- Can’t stop talking about characters 00:10:00
- Returning to your character 00:15:00
- Portraying your character 00:10:00
- Self-portrait 00:10:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- Ongoing book reviews 00:30:00
- Editing revisited 00:05:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- Editing again 00:10:00
- Reflecting again 00:10:00
- The next steps 00:15:00
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