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Online Course in Dramatic Writing
Study Dramatic Writing at home.
Dramatic writing includes short stories, poems, novels, screen plays etc. If want to produce a dramatic work but are unsure about how to start this course is suitable for you.
Duration : 100 hours
You will learn to:
- Define and develop an understanding of dramatic writing.
- Develop methods of developing characters in dramatic writing.
- Define different genres and develop themes for dramatic writing.
- Develop techniques for developing your plot.
- Describe techniques for weaving a story.
- Develop a short story using dramatic writing.
- Develop a chapter of dramatic writing.
- Determine how to develop sub plots.
Course Structure
1. Introduction
- Motivation
- Typing time
- Types of Writing
- Making decisions about what to write; deciding the genre, know your stuff, concept, synopsis, etc
- Keeping a notebook
- Process of Story Development
- Planning what you Write
- Developing your Voice
- Terminology
2. Characters
- Developing the characters
- Building Characters
- The Main Characters
- Minor Characters
3. Theme & Genre
- Developing a Theme
- Universal Themes
- Sub Themes
- Creating Conflict
- Names
4. Plot Development
- Developing the big picture
- Decisions to Make
- Ambience
- The end of a story Memoir
- Biographies
- Reflective Stories
- Historical
- Sense of Place
- Opinionated Stories
5. Weaving a Story
- Action, Emotion and Mirror Technique
- Parallel Lives Technique
- Palm Cards Technique
- Let your Character Drive the Story
- Developing a Story Line
- Problems to Avoid
- A Dialectical Approach
- Other Approaches
- How Character Affects Plot
- Motive
- Consequences
- Flashbacks and Flash forwards
6. Writing a Dramatic Short Story
- Who is the Antagonist
- Who are the Main Characters
- Developing a Sense of Place
7. Developing Sub Plots
- Reasons for sub Plots
- Ways to Develop sub Plots
- Plants
8. Writing a Chapter for a Dramatic Novel or Play
- Getting Published
- Writing Resources
- Writing as a Business
- Vanity Publishing
- Dealing with Publishers
- Creating a Chapter or Segment of a larger work
