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CREATIVE WRITING BASICSby Heena Rathore-Pardeshi

2020 Edition 1

COURSE OVERVIEW

Introduction To Creative Writing

Forms Of Creative Writing

Terminologies & Techniques (10)

Elements Of Creative Writing

Working On Your Writing Style

Understanding Story Structures

Exploring Literary Devices

Weekly Assignments

Portfolio Creation

INTRODUCTION TO

CREATIVE WRITING

What is Creative Writing? This section would include theexplanation of creative writing and howit is different from the other form ofwriting.We will be learning what creativewriting entails and what is its scope andapplications

FORMS OF CREATIVE WRITING

Novel Writing and its 7 important elementsShort-story writing and its 5 importantelementsFundamental structure of writing Non-Fiction WritingBasics of writing Flash-fiction WritingUtilising Prompt-writing as an aid to yourdaily writingLearning to write impressive Web-articles/posts

TERMINOLOGIES &

TECHNIQUES (10)

All the essential terminologies a creativewriting student should be aware of as well asthe 10 main techniques used in plotting,structuring, brainstorming while working on acreative writing project

ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE

WRITING

SettingsExpositionNarration Point-Of-ViewsWriting StyleVoiceThemesMoodCharacterisationDialogues

WORKING ON YOUR

WRITING STYLE

How to develop a daily writing habitHow to stick to itWhat to do when you don’t feelmotivated to writeConquering Writer’s Block

UNDERSTANDING

STORY STRUCTURES

What are story structuresElements of story structuresStudy of important story structures suchas Aristotle’s Dramatic Plot Structure,Freytag’s Pyramid, Fichtean Curve, 3-ActPlot Structure, 4-Act Plot Structure, InMedias Res, etc.Learnign their application

EXPLORING LITERARY

DEVICES

Learning the most important literaryelements and techniques (togetherknown as literary devices)Implementing these elements andtechniques in your writings

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS

Assignments would be provided to youevery week after the completion of eachtopic. You'll have to submit the completedassignments in designated time period.You'd be graded accordingly and if yourcombined grades are above average thenyou'd be awarded a course completioncertificate.

PORTFOLIO CREATION

Everything you’ll be writing under mysupervision will be included in creating animpressive writing portfolio.

BOOK DISCUSSIONS

We'd be discussing and analysing 4 creativeworks (books) during the period of the course.These will include a mix of a classical fictionwork, a non-fiction work, a short story and anessay.

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CREATIVE WRITING BASICSby Heena Rathore-Pardeshi

2020 Edition:1

PRICING

Full Course: Rs. 20,000Duration: 8-9 weeks

Breakdown: Rs. 2,500 pertopicDuration: 1 week per topic

Full Course: Certificate byCitrus Publishers

“The secret of change is tofocus all your energy, notfighting the old, but onbuilding the new.”

- Socrates

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NOTESby Heena Rathore-Pardeshi

2020 Edition:1

All notes and study material will be provided to you on weekly basis. Assignments will be evaluated by me personally, and would begraded too so that you’ll be able to understand where you stand inyour writing.The course duration is approximate. In the end, it depends on yourprogress. The course notes would be emailed to you at the start of the weekalong with the assignment(s) for the previous week’s topics. Thenthere will be 3 days of Skype sessions between you and me onFriday, Saturday and Sunday of 1 hour each (or if it is not convenientfor you then only on Saturday and Sunday of 1 and half hour each.)In these sessions, I will be teaching you the topics whose notes weresent to you earlier in the week and clear all your doubts about anyquestions you might have. We will discuss every topic in detail. Theduration of the online sessions can be increased if there is a need. You’ll have to submit your assignments by Saturday morning and Iwill return them to you after evaluation with my comments andcritique by Monday evening.Apart from the syllabus, you are free to ask any doubts or questionsyou have related to the house notes and your assignments.Also, you can even ask for feedback on your own writing without anycharges for the entire duration of the course.

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