In this creative writing course we will be focusing on character development. This includes discussing protagonists versus antagonists and the significance of anti-heroes in many forms of media. The main writing project for this course is a story where the main character is the villain. Students will learn how to establish a villain for their story including a solid motive and backstory, and learn how to get inside of their character’s head.
Week 1
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Introducing protagonist vs antagonist
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Introducing different types of characters with different points of view
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Brainstorming for the main project
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Creating a character (the fun part)
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Name
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Physical Appearance
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Background
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Dynamic vs. Static
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Foil characters
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Types of Content (Make your story interesting!)
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Person vs. Person
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Person vs. Society
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Person vs. The Unknown
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Person vs. Technology
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Person vs. Fate/Gods
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Writing Time
Week 2
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Writing Dialogue (This will be fun!)
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Indentation
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Punctuation
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Dialogue Tags
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Said is Dead!
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Flashbacks vs. Foreshadowing
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Concrete Foreshadowing
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Prominent Foreshadowing
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Evocative Foreshadowing
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Abstract Foreshadowing
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Fallacy Foreshadowing
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Writing Time
Week 3
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'To Be' verbs
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'To Be' verbs and Passive Voice)
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When are 'To Be' verbs used in writing
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Writing Time
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The 7 Types of Imagery
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Kinesthetic
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Olfactory
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Visual
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Gustatory
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Auditory
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Tactile
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Organic
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More Writing Time
Week 4
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Emotions - and how to write them
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Basics
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Verbal Emotions
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Nonverbal Emotions
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Writing Time
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Rough Drafts
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Editing and Revising - Fixing things!
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Writing Time
Week 5
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Going over teacher’s edits to rough drafts
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Creating a solid final draft and title