Online Class: Creative Writing Workshop
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 Course Description Do you dream of writing poetry, short stories, or novels? Have you ever watched a movie or a play and felt the desire to write a script of your own? Or have you already done some writing but want to find ways to bring more creativity, more originality, to your writing? Have you ever read a so-so novel or seen a lousy movie and told yourself, "I bet I could do better?" Do you find yourself excited and intrigued by words, and by their sounds and meanings? If you said yes to any of these questions, then this course is for you. A creative writer makes art just as a painter or sculptor does, but with different tools. Instead of brushes, canvas, and pigments, the writer uses words. While the painter produces a painting we can see in front of us, the writer makes magic of a different sort. With a simple palette of letters and punctuation - just lines and symbols scratched on paper or scattered on a computer screen - the writer can create pictures and even entire worlds within a reader's mind. There are many forms of creative writing, from fiction, to poetry, to stage play and screenplay. Within each form there are countless genres and flavors. As a writer, you can (and should) try your hand at as many forms as you like, or you can specialize in one. There are techniques and practices that are common to all forms of creative writing, and we will discuss those here. We will also touch on the challenges and techniques that make writing in the different forms unique. Throughout this course, you will find numerous exercises designed to get your brain - and your hand - moving. Learning Outcomes By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Summarize the steps to take before attempting to write.
- Demonstrate writing from inspiration.
- Demonstrate writing without inspiration.
- Demonstrate writing through imitation.
- Demonstrate writing in your own voice.
- Summarize the processes involved in generating poetic forms.
- Demonstrate writing a short story.
- The Long Hau, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: Small StepsAs a student of this course and as a creative writer, you will be writing. Decide where your words will go. Will you write longhand, with pen and paper, or will you type your words on a keyboard? | Lesson 2: Getting Out of Your Own WayIf you long to write creatively, but you've had a hard time getting started, you are not alone. There are far more people in the world who wish they were writers than who actually write. | Lesson 3: Diving InThe path to inspired writing is to write whether you feel inspired or not. Get up every day and go jogging with your pen and your mind. Work your writing muscles and your writer's mind. | Lesson 4: GearIf you have begun writing along with the exercises rather than reading all the way through first, you have already made some decisions about the tools you will use as a writer. | Lesson 5: Words on a PageWhen asked how to write well, the Poet Dylan Thomas was said to have answered simply, "love the words." As a writer, words are your primary tool. Fall in love with them. | Lesson 6 : On the Shoulders of Giants: Learning by ImitationYou can learn so much by reading and emulating the work of writers you admire. Learning from the work of those who came before us is a time-honored and essential practice in all of the creative arts. | Lesson 7: Finding your VoiceNo one has ever been exactly like you, and no one ever will be. You have a unique perspective on the world, a unique set of ideas, of values, of passions. | Lesson 8: Poetic DevicesMore than any other kind of writer, poets play with words, combining them in ways they have not been combined before. One of many techniques poets use to communicate with readers is through figurative language. | Lesson 9: Poetic FormsPoetry can be written using any number of set forms, structures which govern the number of lines, the number of syllables per line, how rhymes (if any) are organized, and where breaks between lines occur. | Lesson 10: Short StoryThe short story is fiction in its most compressed form, and is often the place where the fiction writer begins. | Lesson 11: The Long Haul: Writing a NovelA short story is generally about a single event. A character is faced with a single situation, a single goal to achieve. When the character succeeds or fails at achieving this goal, the story ends. | Lesson 12: Upstage, Downstage: Writing DramaHave you ever gone to a play or watched a movie and gone home with the urge to write your own? Why not give a play or a screenplay a try? | Lesson 13 : ConclusionCreative writing is about making a leap into the unknown. It is about banishing your doubts and fears about your own talent and creativity and plunging ahead. |
Additional Information | Course Title | : | Creative Writing Workshop | | CEU Value | : | | | Standard | : | Course Adheres to the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard | | Accreditation | : | | | Languages | : | English - United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other English speaking countries | | Course Number | : | 7550286 | | Course Type | : | College Level | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : |  | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Grading Policy | : | Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive a CEU Certificate documenting CEUs earned | | Assessment Method | : | Lesson assignments and review exams | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Requirements | : | View Technical Requirements | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $40.00 (no CEU Certificate) | | | | | NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, certification or educational requirements.
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