$300.00
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The course will cover different aspects of story writing popular today during this six-week story writing intensive. Plot structure and character development will take center stage in this course helping the student create a good first draft of an original story in the genre of their choice. Methods to overcome writer’s block will also be practiced. Story telling methods in Indian literature and Hindu epics and their importance in the modern era will be discussed as a basis to create new literature. The class time will be dedicated to working on new methods of idea generation and discussing genre specific storytelling methods. Students will write and submit stories regularly during the days between classes. Sharing with and reviewing the writings of peers can be expected. Students in this class will write with the goal of becoming published authors.
This class will be conducted both as an instructional class as well as a writing group. The class is structured in a way that promotes discussion and debate based on the theme of the week. Students will write short pieces using different methods that aid in overcoming writer’s block each session. Two 15-minute lectures will be followed by some writing and free-form discussion. There will be a minimum of 1.5 contact hours with faculty twice a week during which students may start writing new stories. They will be required to write and share stories with faculty during the week who will provide feedback. Every student will get an opportunity to share their work with their peer.
$300.00
On the program page, there are multiple payment plan options to choose from.
