This module covers the basics of story construction: characters, plot, conflict, and dialogue. Trainees learn about different literary genres and how to choose the right form for their text. They also acquire skills for initial planning of creative writing projects.
Lesson Titles
- Basic story elements
- Research and references
- The three-act structure
- Character building
- Character, conflict, and humanity
- Dialogue
- Literary genres
- Publishing and participation
Focuses on developing a personal writing style and using symbolism and metaphors. Trainees explore intellectual movements like Symbolism and Modernism and their influence on literary texts. Introduces concepts of visual narration and linking words to mental imagery.
Lesson Titles
- Developing writing style
- Symbolism and metaphor
- French Symbolists
- Visual narration
- Modernism
- Postmodernism
- The Beat Generation and counterculture
- Text analysis
This module develops the "writing voice" and introduces diverse narrative techniques like narrative pronouns. Trainees practice free writing, journaling, and developing backgrounds and contexts. They also learn the difference between narrative and realistic texts, such as short stories and creative essays.
Lesson Titles
- Free writing and journaling
- Background narration
- First-person narration and alienation
- Other narrative pronouns and reader interaction
- Short stories and novels
- Creative non-fiction texts
- Text, context, and implicit meaning
- Editing and revision
Examines the relationship between text and cultural context, writing about identity and gender. Presents examples of contemporary literature and analyzes techniques like satire and parody. Encourages writing linked to current reality, technology, and internet culture.
Lesson Titles
- Culture and subcultures
- Writing about gender
- A look at contemporary literature (Part 1)
- Contemporary literature (Part 2)
- Words in the Information Age
- Parody and intertextuality
- Satire
- The Holistic Writer