Introduction and Resources
Week 1: Plotting from Chapter 1
Week 2: Identifying Your Plot Type, + Plot by the Numbers
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Lesson 5: Cause & Effect, Three Kinds of Plot, and the Balance of Plot
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Lesson 6: VIDEO: Plot by the Numbers (19:10)
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Lesson 7: VIDEO: Reading like a writer: Plot twists & shifts in The Talented Mr. Ripley, Chapters 7-12 (4:32)
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Q&A: VIDEO: Do you begin with story or with character? (3:46)
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Assignment 2
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Week 2 Discussion
Week 3: The Art of Suspense
Week 4: Shaping Scenes & Chapters
Week 5: Pacing and Subplot
Week 6: Making an Awesome Story Chart, & Screenwriting Principles for Novelists
Week 7 - The Magic 85%: Writing the Novel's Climax
Week 8: Writing the Ending
Week 9: Revising for Publication
Your thoughts, Certificate of Completion, and Next Steps
Course Downloads & Further Reading
