Course details
'Whether you are looking to develop your writing skills or have an interest in a creative writing career, Stratford's course is an ideal opportunity for you to explore your talents.
Creative Writing Course Outline
Creative Writing Module 1
Writing Great Short Stories
- Writing a short story—getting started
- Characters—How to create people who live and breathe on the page
- Conflict—How to devise a story that readers won't want to put down
- Plot and Structure—How to shape your story and keep it moving forward
- Setting and Atmosphere—How to bring readers into a vivid story world
- Narrative Voice—How to develop your inpidual voice as a writer
- Exploring the realm of short stories
- A quick guide to submitting manuscripts for publication
Creative Writing Module 2
Characters and Point of View
- Two-dimensional words and three-dimensional characters
- Choosing point-of-view
- Story presentation
- Developing memorable characters
- Distinguishing main from minor characters
- Choosing the most effective viewpoint
Creative Writing Module 3
Description and Setting
- The importance of description and setting
- Learning to pay attention
- Showing, telling and combining the two
- Sensory description
- Description of characters
- Time and place
- Description and setting in specialized fiction
- Using description and setting to drive the story
- Description and setting in the writing process
Creative Writing Module 4
Beginnings, Middles, Ends
- Progressing from first sentence to last
- Hooking an editor in the first three paragraphs
- Building drama through effective prose
- Solutions to potential story problems
- Tried and true writing exercises
- Sharpening your skills
- Improving a story by rewriting
Creative Writing Module 5
Scene and Structure
- Scenes as revelation of plot
- The steps leading towards climax and conclusion
- Developing scenes to build a story's structure
- Properly using cause and effect
- Unfolding the main character's struggle
- Building a believable and revealing end
Creative Writing Module 6
Write Great Fiction: Revision and Self-Editing
- Editing your story
- The Ultimate Revision Checklist
Course Location
About Stratford
Stratford Career Institute is a privately owned correspondence school established in 1991 that offers at-home vocational training programs to students in North America
Stratford’s founders saw a need to meet the emerging education needs of today’s busy adult. Understanding the value and convenience of distance learning, they set out to develop an innovative style of correspondence education that would allow individuals to get a quality education – at home.
With more than one million students enrolled, Stratford has earned its reputation in the delivery of quality at-home career training.
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