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Personal Development Other Personal Development Writing

FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING

A project based course to strengthen your writing skills
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.8 out of 54.8 (80 ratings)
260 students
Created by Preeti Shenoy
Last updated 3/2018
English
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What you'll learn

  • Write a good story
  • Write good dialogues
  • Create strong characters and settings
  • Write better
  • Know where to get ideas from
  • How to keep a writers notebook and what goes into it
  • Please note, I may not be able to give individual feedback, however the course has a lot of prompts and assignments that help you write

Requirements

  • You need only a pen and paper. If you know to use MS Word , it would be great!
  • I may not be able to give individual feedback, however the course has a lot of prompts and assignments that help you write

Description

Have you always wanted to write but you do not know where to get ideas?

Do you want to know how authors get their ideas?

Do you want to know about all the essentials that make up a great story?

Preeti Shenoy, one of India's highest selling authors shares all her tips and tricks,which she has  gathered over a long writing career spanning more than a decade.

Come, be inspired to keep a writers notebook, know what goes into it and start recording your thoughts and ideas. Learn how to start thinking like a writer.

In this  course designed for complete beginners as well as for those who want to improve their writing skills, learn   Where to find Ideas, What point of view is best, how to create strong characters, use settings to add depth to your writing,  learn why dialogues are important and  finally put it all together.


At the end of the course you would have written your very own original short fiction. You will definitely feel more inspired to  write. Your writing will have more depth and clarity.

From the Indian of the Year, Preeti Shenoy, comes a course that is engaging, interactive and which will give you loads of practice, to enhance your own writing.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn creative writing and who wants to strengthen their writing skills.

Course content

11 sections • 19 lectures • 58m total length

  • Preview01:24
  • Preview01:09

  • Preview05:26
  • What are Ideas?
    01:39

  • Preview01:56
  • Preview01:31
  • Using material from your own life
    00:58
  • Using anecdotes from friends
    01:29
  • Generate Ideas with a three minute timer
    1 question

  • What are the three different points of view?
    04:38
  • What POV should you write from?
    01:08
  • Writing from two POVs.
    1 question

  • How to create realistic characters
    06:14
  • Create your characters!
    1 question

  • How to use settings
    06:10
  • Write out three settings
    1 question

  • Writing a coherent plot
    03:50
  • Create a plot
    1 question

  • Introduction to dialogues
    01:35
  • How to write dialogues
    06:33
  • Writing engaging dialogues
    3 questions

  • Assembling a story
    02:15
  • Writing a story
    1 question

  • Extra tips!
    03:30

Instructor

Preeti Shenoy
Best selling Novelist, Keynote Speaker, Artist
Preeti Shenoy
  • 4.8 Instructor Rating
  • 80 Reviews
  • 260 Students
  • 1 Course

Preeti Shenoy, among the top five highest selling authors in India, is also on the Forbes longlist of the most influential celebrities in India.

She has been awarded the ‘Indian of the Year’ award for 2017 by Brands Academy for her contribution to Literature. She has received the Academia award for Business Excellence by the New Delhi Institute of Management. She has given talks in many premier educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs and corporate organisations like KPMG, ISRO, Infosys and Accenture and many others. She is also an artist specialising in portraiture and illustrated journalling.

Her short stories and poetry have been published in various magazines such as Conde Nast and Verve. She has been featured on BBC World, Cosmopolitan,The Hindu, Verve, Times of India and all other major media.

She has a very popular blog and also wrote a weekly column in The Financial Chronicle for many years. Her other interests are travel, photography and yoga. Her books include Wake Up Life is Calling, Life is What You Make it, The Rule Breakers, A Hundred Little Flames, It’s All In The Planets, Why We Love The Way We Do, The Secret Wish List, The One You Cannot Have and many others. Her work has been translated to many languages.



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