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12개의 라이브 미팅
수업 11 시간숙제
주당 1-2시간. Each week learners will have a writing assignment that builds on the prior week's work.보고계신 지문은 자동 번역 되었습니다
수업 소개
영어 수준 - 알 수 없음
미국 9학년 - 12학년 학년
Fiction writing can be challenging, both in developing new ideas and in getting them down on the paper. Even experienced writers get writer’s block, or have trouble starting a new piece, and this can be even more difficult for the novice. In this class, learners are going to play with words, put ideas together in amusing ways, and bring writing into a format that is easy to access. Pieces will receive short feedback each day, and by the end of this class series we will have a fully-formed and revised story. Week one: Welcome to class! Let's start by breaking down whatever blocks your writing. Week two - Characters: How do we make our characterizations realistic? What techniques can we use to make our characters three-dimensional? Week three - Setting: Everyone knows that a setting is the time, place, and environment of where your story takes place. However, how do we make our setting POP? Week four - Plot: A plot is the pathway that your character takes from the beginning to the end of the story. There has to be challenges for your character to overcome, a buildup to the high point of the story, and there has to be a resolution of some sort. Week five - POV: From first person, to second person, to third person, what's the difference between the points of view? Week six - Scenes and summaries: All stories are made of fleshed-out scenes where we see every detail, as well as summaries where we move quickly through the story. How do you know which is the right way to show your action? Week seven - Dialogue: Almost all stories have dialogue, whether it be internal dialogue, dialogue between characters, or even dialogue from the narrative voice. How do you ensure their voices are authentic and believable? Week eight - Story hooks: You want to grab your reader and bring them into your world, right? But how do you do so? Weeks nine through twelve: We will be talking about - and doing - revision and editing of the piece we have worked on over the last eight weeks. By the end of class all learners will have a fully-formed, fleshed out work of short fiction. **Notes: - All students will be given one opportunity to change their Zoom name to their preferred name and pronouns at the beginning of class. - While I am aware that there are reasons that a learner would prefer to keep their camera off, I do encourage them to be left on, and I require one visual check in at the beginning of each class. - If your learner is interested in a class, but the rate is not within your budget, please contact me to find out about limited discounts and scholarships I offer for families that need them.
학습 목표
Students will learn about the components of short story writing as they put them into action. By the end of the series they will have completed and revised a short work of fiction.
그 외 세부 사항
수업 자료
Notebook/paper and pencil/pen. Handouts will be given, but printing them is optional.
Outschool 외 필요 앱/웹사이트
아웃스쿨 사이트의 기능 외 별도의 앱이나 웹 사이트를 사용할 필요가 없습니다.
교사 전문성 및 자격증
Greetings! My name is Val. I’m an editor, publisher, educator, and, of course, a voracious writer and reader, particularly in the scifi, fantasy, and mainstream genres. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Johnson State, and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Spalding University. I have worked in the literary and publishing world for over twenty years in different capacities.
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I have been writing for many years and submitting and publishing for almost as many. My fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has been published in a wide variety of markets, encompassing everything from a long critical essay to a twenty-five-word story. I am a literary editor, specializing in developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and graphic novel editing, with a focus on speculative fiction. I’ve worked with a wide variety of submission managers and contacts, and I also coach authors on how to prepare their work for publication, research appropriate markets, and handle submissions.
My interest in publishing has existed almost as long as I have been writing. While the ‘zine I published and sold as a teen isn’t necessarily the best indicator of my publishing ability, it did spark my love of publishing and provided a foundational base for my current publishing work. I am one of the founding editors, and current seven-year editor in chief, of a thrice-yearly literary magazine. I supervise a staff of over a dozen editors, handle all accounting and design responsibilities, and work with my team to produce a print and PDF issue every January, May, and September. We focus on intersectionality and underrepresented voices in our outreach, and currently pay all contributors.
My primary nonfiction research and publishing focus has centered around queer fiction, encompassing the history from 1900 to current times, with a focus on how queer literature intersects with queer history and its intersection with other marginalized voices, particularly racial and neurodivergency. My research in this field is ongoing, and I am continually adding to my knowledge base.
I have taught many forms of creative writing and literature classes over the last fifteen years, with subjects ranging from fiction writing to poetry forms to literature classes, to a wide variety of ages including adult learners and homeschooled teenagers. I have always designed my curriculum, and because of this have extensive experience in being able to modify it to match a learner’s skillset without sacrificing either the quality or quantity of learning.
All of these experiences have equipped me with the foundation for my classes. In my creative writing series, ranging from one-time to semester length courses, I cover topics including discovering the parts of fiction writing, creating speculative fiction, and learning to write even when a learner feels they do not have the skills. In my poetry classes we study everything from poetic forms to slam poetry, as well as silly forms like the Clerihew. In my queer literature series, we study queer literature and how it intersects with history and other marginalized voices, equipping the learners with not only the literary history, but knowledge of the contemporary history that surrounds it.
One of my favorite things about teaching is the ah-ha moment when a learner not only comes to an understanding of what we are doing, but also the why. While each class has a set of skills and knowledge for each student to gain, I am keenly aware that all students gain mastery of their skills at different rates, and that there are many different styles of learning. For this reason, I design my classes in a flexible format so that even in sessions where there are a variety of learning styles I can ensure that my learners do not get frustrated, and are able to comprehend and retain the information I am teaching. I offer a variety of courses, including a variety of classes in writing basics, speculative fiction, literary analysis, queer literature, graphic novels, slam poetry, editing, and publishing, as well as the occasional related class.
I live and breathe the literary world, and I look forward to teaching your learner!
리뷰
실시간 그룹 수업
12 회 수업에
US$225
12주 동안 주당 1회
55분
1 명의 학생이 수업을 완료함
실시간 화상 수업
연령: 14-18
수업당 학습자 3-12 명