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

• Introducing protagonist vs antagonist

  • Introducing different types of characters with different points of view

  • Brainstorming for the main project

• Creating a character (the fun part)

  • Name​

  • Physical Appearance

  • Background

  • Dynamic vs. Static

  • Foil characters

• Types of Content (Make your story interesting!)​

  • Person vs. Person​

  • Person vs. Society

  • Person vs. The Unknown

  • Person vs. Technology

  • Person vs. Fate/Gods

• Writing Time​

Week 2

• Writing Dialogue (This will be fun!)

  • Indentation​

  • Punctuation

  • Dialogue Tags

  • Said is Dead!

• Flashbacks vs. Foreshadowing​

  • Concrete Foreshadowing​​

  • Prominent Foreshadowing​

  • Evocative Foreshadowing​

  • Abstract Foreshadowing​

  • Fallacy Foreshadowing​

• Writing Time

Week 3

• 'To Be' verbs 

  • 'To Be' verbs and Passive Voice)

  • When are 'To Be' verbs used in writing

• Writing Time​

• The 7 Types of Imagery

  • Kinesthetic​

  • Olfactory

  • Visual

  • Gustatory

  • Auditory

  • Tactile

  • Organic

• More Writing Time​

Week 4

• Emotions - and how to write them

  • Basics​

  • Verbal Emotions

  • Nonverbal Emotions

• Writing Time​​

• Rough Drafts

• Editing and Revising - Fixing things!

• Writing Time

Week 5

• Going over teacher’s edits to rough drafts

• Creating a solid final draft and title