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Writing the Short Story–Getting Started

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WRITING THE SHORT STORY—GETTING STARTED

Course Description

Learn how to structure, write, and publish a great creative short story, starting from scratch!

What You’ll Learn

No matter how rusty your writing skills are, by the end of this course you will have conceived, written and completed an original short story.

What’s more, you’ll actually understand what you’ve doing in terms of structure, character, scene, climax, and theme.  Free your creative imagination and discover talent you didn’t know you had in this easy, step-by-step course.

Requirements

If you want to write stories but don’t know how to get started, this course is for you. Beginning writers will learn the basic building blocks of fiction writing, while more advanced authors will find a new and compelling take on how to craft a fiction story

Description

Writing a short story is easy–if you know what you’re doing.

If you’re sick of vague writing advice that confuses and paralyzes you, this course is for you. In a step-by-step fashion, you’ll learn the absolute essentials for writing any stories–characters with a problem, coherent scenes that move the story forward, dialogue, exposition, climax and theme.

Clear explanations and multiple Creative Challenges will get you to start and keep on writing.

See how far your imagination will take you when you really understand how a short story is constructed.

Who This Course Is For

Aimed primarily at beginning to intermediate writers, this course is designed to cut through the confusion and take writers back to the most basic elements of short story writing.  Just bring an open-mind, your creative imagination and a willingness to explore!

Dave Voda is a genius teacher. Give this course a try and learn to unlock your creative talent.  And of course it’s no risk because it’s backed by our 30-day money-back guarantee.

Course Features

  • Lectures 14
  • Quizzes 0
  • Skill level Beginner, Intermediate
  • Language English
  • Students 13
  • Assessments Yes
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    What You'll Learn and How the Course Works

    • Lecture1.1
      Video 1–Introduction
    • Lecture1.2
      Video 2–Welcome 02 min
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    Lessons and Course Materials

    • Lecture2.1
      Video 3–The Anecdote 06 min
    • Lecture2.2
      Video 4–The Dramatic Unities 05 min
    • Lecture2.3
      Video 5–Elements of Fiction 09 min
    • Lecture2.4
      Video 6–Writing Your Anecdote 07 min
    • Lecture2.5
      Video 7–Publish Your Anecdote 02 min
    • Lecture2.6
      Video 8–Fiction vs. Reality 06 min
    • Lecture2.7
      Video 9–“The Unicorn in the Garden”–Case Study 05 min
    • Lecture2.8
      Video 10–“The Unicorn in the Garden”–Structure 07 min
    • Lecture2.9
      Video 11–Writing Your Story 07 min
    • Lecture2.10
      Video 12–Publish Your Story 03 min
    • Lecture2.11
      Video 13–Next Steps 04 min
  • Wrap-Up 0/1

    Overview and Next Steps

    • Lecture3.1
      Video 14–Wrap Up 05 min
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Dave Voda
Dave Voda is an author, filmmaker and teacher. He has published both non-fiction and fiction books--traditionally and as an indie author. His latest manuscript won "Best Novel" at the L.A. Neo-Noir Novel, Film and Script Festival. He teaches at the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California.

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