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Write Before You Think - Extend and Transform Your Writing
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(34 ratings)
353 students
Created byJillian Sullivan
Last updated 12/2015
English

What you'll learn

  • Enhance your clarity and creativity with unique techniques.
  • Write fast with nouns and verbs
  • Discover significant detail with sensory exercises
  • Create purposeful characters
  • Bring compression and tension to dialogue
  • Stay in your point of view
  • Structure a meaningful reading experience

Course content

3 sections • 13 lectures • 19m total length

  • Introduction1:34

    An introduction to the tutor Jillian Sullivan and to the six lessons of this course. The basics as you write: clarity, freshness and details.

  • The Two Words4:28

    Write from a place of unknowing to bring vigour to your work.

  • Write Before you Think3:00

    Use strong nouns and verbs to bring clarity to your work.

  • Details2:36

    The right, imaginative and clear use of details to create an authentic world for the reader.

  • The Sense Walk4:00

    Using a sense walk to capture details. Using senses to stimulate memory and evoke emotion. The role of research to provide details.

Requirements

  • • Paper, pen or computer • A willingness to write without thinking • A desire to understand what works and doesn’t work in your own writing, whatever level you’re at, and make your writing stronger.

Description

In half an hour you can take your writing to a higher level.

In six short lessons you’ll get a fast overview of how to tighten your writing to a more professional level. Your creativity will be extended by the exercises that make use of your rich, subconscious mind. All the basics are here – character, dialogue, point of view, structure. They’re taught alongside unique techniques that will help you cast a net for stories, characters, images. Even if you don’t have time to do the exercises and read the lectures, if all you have is time to watch the videos, you will improve your writing. You'll understand what brings clarity to your work and take a big step towards publication.

What am I going to get?

  • Six video lectures
  • Six PDF lectures for extension, exercises and examples
  • 19 exercises to back up your learning
  • 15 pieces of your own new writing
  • A structural outline for a longer piece of work
  • Creative techniques to supply strong, fresh writing
  • An understanding of what works and doesn’t work in a strong piece of writing.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for writers who want to bring their work up to a publishable standard. Whether you are just starting out, have been submitting work or are already published, there are techniques and exercises here that will extend your creativity and illuminate the process of writing.

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