Creative Writing Pack: Your Literary Journey

Discover Tips & Suggestions On Fairytales, Idea Generation, Pacing, Authorial Voice, Gothic Fiction & More!

What you'll learn

Learn Different Genres and Techniques For Creative Writing

Understand The History Behind Literature

Develop Competence In Communicating Ideas

Apply This Knowledge To Your Own Creative Practice

Requirements

Some experience with reading will help.

Description

To write well in the 21st century, you need to master narrative basics. This is done overtime, but you can accelerate your learning with new approaches and vital information about storytelling. This pack contains multiple micro-courses on creative writing, covering many topics, such as:Generating Ideas For NovelsPacingGothic FictionFinding Your Voice As A WriterFairytales & FantasyWriting DystopiaPerfect for writers at all levels! However, much of the content is geared towards beginners working towards their first publication. This course works as a perfect compliment to writing groups, craft books, AuthorTube and the many amazing writing blogs out there. Most importantly, I encourage students to take an active role in their imagination and storytelling. There's an emphasis on originality and writing stories only you can write!The tech requirements are straight-forward: you'll need a place to jot down ideas and if you choose to do a class project, a visual site such as Canva. Your teacher is Madeleine Rose Jones: a book blogger, novelist, historian and creative writing teacher to over 500 students. Here is the feedback Madeleine has gotten from students over the years:"I've put off becoming a freelance writer for years, but your course has really motivated me as a beginner to start using my creativity! Thank you!" ~ Caleb Billings, on "Write A Fantasy Novel""She gives very helpful advice. I think the class is worth revisiting from time to time." ~ James & Marsha Beam, on "Discover Your Voice As A Writer""This is a wonderful and informative post! As a lover of Gothic literature and as someone trying to master the craft of writing Gothic fiction, this was not just helpful but also helped me understand which aspects of the Gothic attract me." ~ The Unreliable Narrator, on "Key Features of Gothic Literature"

Overview

Section 1: Welcome

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Find Your Next Story Idea

Lecture 2 Introduction

Lecture 3 What's An Idea?

Lecture 4 Having A Necessary Writing Habit

Lecture 5 Approaches To Finding Your Next Story

Lecture 6 Method One: Reading Literature & Watching Movies

Lecture 7 Method Two: History

Lecture 8 Method Three: Current Affairs

Lecture 9 Method Four: The Online World

Lecture 10 Method Five: Art

Lecture 11 Method Six: The Lives of Others

Lecture 12 Method Seven: Autobiography

Lecture 13 Notetaking

Lecture 14 Class Project

Lecture 15 Conclusion

Section 3: Turn Any Idea Into A Novel

Lecture 16 Introduction

Lecture 17 Generating Ideas

Lecture 18 Organisation For Ideas

Lecture 19 Developing An Idea

Lecture 20 Ideas & Themes

Lecture 21 Creating A Story

Lecture 22 Combining Ideas

Lecture 23 Writing A First Draft

Lecture 24 Class Project

Lecture 25 Conclusion

Section 4: Write A Fairytale

Lecture 26 Introduction

Lecture 27 Class Project

Lecture 28 Audience Matters

Lecture 29 National Flair

Lecture 30 Writing Morality

Lecture 31 Precise Language & Ideas

Lecture 32 Characterisation

Lecture 33 Timelessness

Lecture 34 Finding Inspiration

Lecture 35 The Peculiar & Strange

Lecture 36 Work On Setting

Lecture 37 Conclusion

Section 5: Write Gothic Literature

Lecture 38 Introduction

Lecture 39 Mix Darkness With The Light

Lecture 40 Use Metaphors To Add Depth

Lecture 41 Adding Romantic Elements

Lecture 42 Rich Characterisation

Lecture 43 Work On The Setting

Lecture 44 Add Mystery

Lecture 45 Inject Emotion

Lecture 46 Remain Fearless

Lecture 47 Use Foreshadowing

Lecture 48 Consider Tragedy

Lecture 49 Class Project

Lecture 50 Conclusion

Section 6: Improve The Pacing In Your Story

Lecture 51 Introduction

Lecture 52 The Importance of Feedback

Lecture 53 Developmental Pacing

Lecture 54 Scene Pacing

Lecture 55 Sentence Level Pacing

Lecture 56 Class Project

Lecture 57 Conclusion

Section 7: Write A Dystopia

Lecture 58 Introduction

Lecture 59 Reading Tips

Lecture 60 Strong Characters

Lecture 61 The Importance of Bravery

Lecture 62 Realism

Lecture 63 Tap Into Fear

Lecture 64 Twist Positives Into Negatives

Lecture 65 Understand Human Nature

Lecture 66 The Childhood Motif

Lecture 67 Mourning Mankind

Lecture 68 Withholding Information & The Power of Mystery

Lecture 69 Class Project

Lecture 70 Conclusion

Section 8: Outline A Novel & Write A First Draft

Lecture 71 Introduction

Lecture 72 Class Project

Lecture 73 Using Notion & Other Technology

Lecture 74 Finding Ideas

Lecture 75 Sentence Game

Lecture 76 Characters

Lecture 77 Brainstorm Scenes

Lecture 78 How Many Scenes?

Lecture 79 Putting Scenes In Order

Lecture 80 Expanding Each Scene

Lecture 81 Divide Outline Into Parts

Lecture 82 Complete Beat & Character Sheets

Lecture 83 Focus: Mood Board

Lecture 84 Planning Research

Lecture 85 Time Management: Create A Realistic Timeline

Lecture 86 Writing Your Novel

Lecture 87 Conclusion

Lecture 88 Thank You!

Beginners & Intermediates Interested In Creative Writing,Those Interested In Writing Dystopia, Gothic Fiction & Fairytales,Writers Who Seek To Advance Pre-Existing Skills In Narrative