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How to Teach a Creative Writing Course
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(56 ratings)
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How to Teach a Creative Writing Course

A Step by Step Guide for Beginners.
Created byTara Heavey
Last updated 10/2018
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • My students will be able to deliver a structured creative writing course for beginners with confidence and clarity.

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 1h 18m total length

  • Introduction: Why we write stories and fantastic first pages19:42

    Explore why we tell stories, including communication, self-expression, catharsis, and entertainment, and learn to guide students in crafting gripping first pages through show-not-tell and dialogue.

  • Creating Compelling Characters11:42

    Discover how to teach creative writing with compelling, multi-dimensional characters, constructive feedback, and internal monologue exercises that explore plot versus character.

  • Devising Dynamic Dialogue9:29

    Master dynamic dialogue that moves action and reveals character and relationships, study authentic rhythm and cadence, practice with sample texts and guided exercises, and develop dialogue for fiction and screenwriting.

  • Memorable Memoir9:46

    Teach memoir writing by exploring why we write memoir, its cathartic power and family-legacy focus, and three jumping-off points, then guide students through a 500-word reflective memoir exercise.

  • Structure and The Hero's Journey6:32

    Explore the structure of storytelling through the hero's journey, its 12 stages, and Joseph Campbell, with memoir-style writing and examples from Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz.

  • The Short Story and Top 10 Writing Tips10:52

    Explore the short story as a concise standalone form, its length and structure, and learn the top 10 writing tips—truth, empathy, reading, and showing up at the page.

  • Conclusion4:15

    Learn how to set up and run a creative writing course through local arts offices or adult education bodies, creating a safe space that upholds confidentiality and respect.

  • Cheat Sheet6:13

Requirements

  • A basic intuitive understanding of creative writing and a passion for your subject.

Description

In this course, you will learn how to create a safe and productive teaching environment for your students, one that is most conducive to their learning. You will be taught how to get the best out of your students while giving them the most enjoyable and enriching experience possible. I will be providing a road map of a six week beginner's course, which can be adapted to your needs and that of your students. We will cover the topics of why we write stories, fantastic first pages, character, dialogue, structure, the hero's journey, memoir, the short story, my top ten tips for writing and where your students go from here. I will also be providing exercises that you can have your students complete and examples from literature that I recommend using. There will be a cheat sheet provided, summarizing the salient points of the course in PDF form. I aim to teach you everything I have learned in my years of giving creative writing courses, to enable you to facilitate your own courses as effectively as possible.

Who this course is for:

  • My course is for the writer who would like to add another income stream to his/her earnings or a student of English Literature or Creative Writing who would like to gain experience teaching.

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