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Creative Writing: Building Vivid Worlds

Completed by 1 learner
Ages 13-18
Live Group Class
In this 6-week class, students will methodically work to create believable, vivid worlds/settings for their stories. #creative
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(123 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week, 6 weeks
2-8 learners per class
45 min

What's included

6 live meetings
4 hrs 30 mins in-class hours
Homework
1 hour per week. Students may need to finish up their class assignments outside of class. They should also have a writing plan coming into the final week of class.
Assessment
I will look over their work and offer feedback as needed to help them make the most well-developed, vivid worlds possible.

Class Experience

US Grade 8 - 11
Is your young writer starting to develop their fictional worlds, such as a fantastical imagining of a world with dragons and ancient lore, a post-apocalyptic dystopia where governmental mandates and societal expectations limit freedoms and personal expression, or a more realistic world that looks much like our own? Maybe they're struggling to make it well-defined or could just use a little more help rounding it out. If that's the case, this class is for you!

In this 6-week class, we will create a mindmap and vision boards, as well as complete other activities in order to build students' imaginary worlds for their stories. Each week's focus will help students methodically decide on the landscape and architecture, rules and laws, environment, culture and language, and history of their worlds. All of these aspects will help make their worlds vivid and believable. Students will be able to share what they came up with in each class in the last 10 minutes of the class meeting. While assignments are individual, I will also encourage collaboration among the learners. 

COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1: Landscape & Architecture - Create and add to the mindmap, as well as create a vision board
Week 2: Rules and Laws  - Add to the mindmap and create a list of all the rules and laws of the land (questions will be provided to help with this)
Week 3: Environment -  Add to the mindmap and create a vision board that depicts the environment
Week 4: Culture & Language - Add to the mindmap and create a vision board that depicts the culture
Week 5: History  - Add to the mindmap and create a narrative that reveals the history of this world (questions will be provided to help with this)
Week 6: Putting It All Together - Write a scene that shows all of this in action (students will share their scenes after class)

Learning Goals

Students will be able to build and create vivid, believable worlds/settings for their stories.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
We will use both Canva and Pinterest in this class. Students will need to create a free account for both platforms.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2020
4.9
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Teacher expertise and credentials
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
I am a middle and high school English teacher, and I have a master's degree in English and Creative Writing. I've been teaching creative writing in some compacity for nearly a decade. I am a writer myself with knowledge of what the publishing industry is looking for.

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