by writing den | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
The final week of The Craft of Plot was all about the editing and revision process (my favourite subject strangely enough). I’m not going to detail this week’s lesson as this is a topic I’d like to tackle in a post of its own (with a view to helping...
by writing den | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog
I received a lovely surprise in the post the other day (which I’m a little late blogging about owing to the fact I’m up to my ears in editing and doing two Coursera course). Anyhow, a few weeks ago I was engaged to do a little editing on Illusional...
by writing den | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog
Week three has certainly kept me out of mischief, I have a terrible habit of making short stories too ‘big’ for the word count and think I’ve done it again, but ho hum. It’s done now (after two days, on and off, of working on it). So, week...
by writing den | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Week two was all about story structure. It discussed Aristotle’s three-act structure (that of a beginning, middle and end) and Horace’s five-act structure, which was further explained as: A: Action B: Background D: Development C: Climax E: Ending[divider]...
by writing den | Feb 13, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Week one of Coursera’s ‘The Craft of Plot’ discussed the differences between story and plot, the structure of plot (exposition through to denouement) and then turned its attention to the Rising Action that is oh so important in preventing your...
by writing den | Feb 9, 2016 | Blog, Studying
Despite being super busy with all my editing, I have decided to revisit the basics and signed up to Coursera’s ‘The Craft of Plot,’ which is a four-week course being taught by Brando Skyhorse, a creative writing professor at Wesleyan University. The...
