1. What to Expect from This Course
Welcome and what to expect
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How this course works
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2. Foundation Block 1: Character
Appearance (foundation)
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Mini lecture: Too much information (foundation)
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Thought (foundation)
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Action (foundation)
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Goals (foundation)
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Mini lecture: What do they want (foundation)
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Uniqueness (advanced)
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Mini lecture: Five surprises (advanced)
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Flaws (advanced)
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Mini lecture: What needs fixing (advanced)
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Change (advanced)
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3. Foundation Block 2: Dialogue
Too realistic or too fake (foundation)
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Mini lecture: A very bad conversation (foundation)
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The two types of dialogue (foundation)
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Mini lecture: Zoom in and zoom out (foundation)
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Dialogue tags (foundation)
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Characterizing dialogue (advanced)
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Mini lecture: Guess who's talking (advanced)
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Subtext (advanced)
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Dialect (advanced)
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4. Foundation Block 3: Point of View
Who is telling the the story? (foundation)
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Third person (foundation)
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Mini lecture: Two characters, one point of view (foundation)
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First person (foundation)
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Multiple first and third (advanced)
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Second person (advanced)
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Mini lecture: You should listen to me (advanced)
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Unreliable narrator (advanced)
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Mini lecture: Trust me, I'm lying (advanced)
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5. Foundation Block 4: Narrative Style
Tense (foundation)
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Show and tell (foundation)
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Mini lecture: Slow it down (foundation)
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Flashbacks (advanced)
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Mini lecture: I remember when (advanced)
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Different formats (advanced)
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Mini lecture: Not your average story (advanced)
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6. Foundation Block 5: Setting
Why we need a setting (foundation)
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Familiar settings (foundation)
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Mini lecture: Build a living room (foundation)
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Unfamiliar settings (foundation)
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Mini lecture: Instant scene (foundation)
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Mood, atmosphere, and emotion (advanced)
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Mini lecture: Singing (or crying) in the rain (advanced)
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Time period (advanced)
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7. Foundation Block 6: Plot
The story skeleton (foundation)
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Act 1: Set up (foundation)
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Act 2: Journey and conflict (foundation)
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Act 3: Resolution (foundation)
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Putting it all together (foundation)
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Final Farewell
Wrapping up
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Ex_Files_The_Foundations_of_Fiction.zip
(4.4 MB)