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Writing Fiction Stories - Semester 2

Grades

Go deeper into developing your stories
Format for this course
Day 1: Stepping into longer form
Day 2: Committing to the story
Day 3: Writing with Continuity
Day 4: Finishing the Draft
Day 5: One Intentional Revision
Week 1 Recap & Reflection: What You’ve Just Learned to Do
Mark optional lessons complete
(Optional) Christian Writing Supplement: Staying the Course

How to make characters come alive through dialogue
Why dialogue charges a story
Dialogue to show emotion and mood
Dialogue to convey character and information dynamically
Dialogue as humor
Dialogue as conflict
What a character does NOT say can be important
Revising your dialogue to sharpness
Write an interesting story with some dialogue
Revise your story to enhance the dialogue and make the story sharp
Revise your story to enhance the dialogue and make the story sharp

Setting makes the world real
Using Setting to create the mood
Create a vivid setting using descriptive sensory details
Setting and character development
Create the setting for a futuristic world
Avoiding Setting clichés
Don't overcomplicate setting
Revising your story's setting
Write and then enhance a story using an evocative setting
Write and then enhance a story using an evocative setting

Take the Giving and Receiving Feedback course
Write a story to post for feedback
Evaluate the feedback for your story
Revise your story based on feedback
Revise your story based on feedback

Show, don't tell (well, mostly)
Balancing showing and telling
Practical applications of showing and telling
Use Metaphors and Similes to create depth
Enhance a story by showing instead of telling
Enhance a story by showing instead of telling

External conflicts
Internal conflicts
Matching internal and external conflicts into a story
Write a story with an internal and external conflict
Write a story with an internal and external conflict

Make your stories deeper by adding sensory information
Adding sounds
Adding smells, tastes, aromas, and touch
Use balance for your sensory descriptions
Write a story with multiple senses
Write a story with multiple senses

What is a theme
Themes don't have to be original
Deepen your story with a theme
Revising your characters and actions to reflect the story's theme
Revising the story to make the theme clearer
Write and revise a story with a strong theme
Write and revise a story with a strong theme

Your story must be compelling
The power of the unknown
Make your characters even more complex
Add unpredictability
Avoiding sentimentality and melodrama
Get rid of boring words
Get rid of distractions
Make your characters internal struggles compelling
Edit and correct stories using proper grammar rules
Edit and correct stories using proper punctuation
Write and revise a story that makes your readers care
Write and revise a story that makes your readers care

Write a story you'll love to share
Write a story you'll love to share
Mark optional lessons complete

Avoiding sentimentality and melodrama

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