WRITING 12
COURSE OUTLINE
SEMESTER 1
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
EXAMINING THE NOVEL
(IDENTIFYING GENRES; EXAMINING EXTERNAL PLOT STRUCTURE; DECONSTRUCTING THE HUNGER GAMES;
USING THE STORY GENIUS NOVEL WRITING METHOD TO CREATE OUR OWN FLAWED PROTAGONISTS; APPLYING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF BRAIN SCIENCE TO IMPROVE OUR STORYTELLING)
NOVEMBER
WRITING THE NOVEL
(BLUEPRINTING THE NOVEL; WRITING THE FIRST 5 SCENES AND THE AHA! MOMENT)
DECEMBER-JANUARY
MARKETING THE NOVEL
(EXAMINING THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS; WRITING THE SYNOPSIS & QUERY LETTER; LOCAL AUTHOR VISIT)
THE ONE-ACT PLAY
THE MOVIE SCREENPLAY
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
EXAMINING THE NOVEL
(IDENTIFYING GENRES; EXAMINING EXTERNAL PLOT STRUCTURE; DECONSTRUCTING THE HUNGER GAMES;
USING THE STORY GENIUS NOVEL WRITING METHOD TO CREATE OUR OWN FLAWED PROTAGONISTS; APPLYING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF BRAIN SCIENCE TO IMPROVE OUR STORYTELLING)
NOVEMBER
WRITING THE NOVEL
(BLUEPRINTING THE NOVEL; WRITING THE FIRST 5 SCENES AND THE AHA! MOMENT)
DECEMBER-JANUARY
MARKETING THE NOVEL
(EXAMINING THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS; WRITING THE SYNOPSIS & QUERY LETTER; LOCAL AUTHOR VISIT)
THE ONE-ACT PLAY
THE MOVIE SCREENPLAY