Do you have some great ideas but you’re not sure where to start? This online Dramatic Writing course will guide you in the right direction. This course will develop and fine-tune your writing skills.
- Learn to tell your own story
- Learn about writing engaging plots
- Learn what the reader wants
- Develop expressive skills
- Learn how to get your work published
COURSE Structure
The duration of this course is 100 hours and consists of 8 in-depth lessons.
Lesson 1. Introduction
- Motivation
- Typing time
- Types of Writing
- Making decisions about what to write; deciding the genre, know your stuff, concept, synopsis, etc
- Keeping a notebook
- Process of Story Development
- Planning what you Write
- Developing your Voice
- Terminology
Lesson 2. Characters
- Developing the characters
- Building Characters
- The Main Characters
- Minor Characters
Lesson 3. Theme And Genre
- Developing a Theme
- Universal Themes
- Sub Themes
- Creating Conflict
- Names
Lesson 4. Plot Development
- Developing the big picture
- Decisions to Make
- Ambiance
- The end of a story Memoir
- Biographies
- Reflective Stories
- Historical
- Sense of Place
- Opinionated Stories
Lesson 5. Weaving a Story
- Action, Emotion and Mirror Technique
- Parallel Lives Technique
- Palm Cards Technique
- Let your Character Drive the Story
- Developing a Story Line
- Problems to Avoid
- A Dialectical Approach
- Other Approaches
- How Character Affects Plot
- Motive
- Consequences
- Flashbacks and Flash forwards
Lesson 6. Writing a Dramatic Short Story
- Who is the Antagonist?
- Who are the Main Characters?
- Developing a Sense of Place
Lesson 7. Developing Sub Plots
- Reasons for sub Plots
- Ways to Develop sub Plots
- Plants
Lesson 8. Writing a Chapter for a Dramatic Novel
- Creative Writing Resources
- Writing as a Business
- Getting Published
- Self Publishing Vanity Publishing
- Characters –Developing the characters
COURSE AIMS
- Develop an understanding of dramatic writing
- Develop methods of creating characters
- Define and develop different genres and themes for dramatic writing.
- Establish techniques for developing your plot
- Describe techniques for weaving a story
- Develop a short story using dramatic writing
- Develop a chapter of dramatic writing
- Determine how to develop sub plots
HOW DOES A WARNBOROUGH ONLINE COURSE WORK?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
If you have any questions please contact us.
