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Fiction Writing: Creatures, Monsters, and Aliens -- Oh My! (X-20) with Cherise Papa
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Learn how to write creatures, monsters, and aliens with this four-lesson course. You’ll come away with a new knowledge of storytelling, the elements of fiction, how to increase your creativity, and great writing skills—and it’s a lot of fun!
Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course for $84!
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Instructor: Cherise Papa
Course Description:
Join this four-session course and learn the craft of story writing with creatures, monsters, and aliens! Using the elements of great storytelling, we’ll craft unique characters and learn how to create a world and setting for your story, build a compelling character arc with conflict and reader engagement, and understand the rich history of creatures and more in current fiction. We’ll also dive into the elements of society, economics, biology, environmental factors, and genre that all great fiction writers use to create believable and story-worthy creatures, monsters, and aliens. With this boot camp, you’ll hone your creativity and improve your writing. This is a fun course that you’ll definitely enjoy!
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©2023-2024 Homeschool Connections and Cherise Papa. All rights reserved. This course is designed by Cherise Papa.
This material is only to be used for its intended purpose by active subscribers of Homeschool Connections. Any other use without explicit permission is in violation of the seventh commandment (yes, the 7th commandment) and in violation of US and International copyright laws.
You may print or download to local hard disk extracts for your personal homeschool and non-commercial use only. This is not to be used for homeschool co-ops without express written permission from Homeschool Connections.
All materials are provided free by the instructor. All documents are turned in as Microsoft Word documents. If you do not own Microsoft Word 2007 or a later version, you can use a system such as Google Docs that converts to Word documents FREE.
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Fiction Writing: Creatures, Monsters, and Aliens -- Oh My! (X-20) with Cherise Papa
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Cherise Papa
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Writing ➤ Advanced Fiction Writing & Literary Form (11 and X Series)
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High School
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Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA, Aubrey Heki, Sharon Hamric-Weis, Bonnie Donlon, Donna Graziose, Daniel Massett
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July 28th, 2023 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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- This material is only to be used for its intended purpose by active subscribers of Homeschool Connections or purchasers of the course. Any other use without explicit permission is in violation of the seventh commandment, and in violation of US and International copyright laws.
- You may print or download to your own storage extracts for your personal homeschool and non-commercial use only. This is not to be used for homeschool co-ops without express written permission from Homeschool Connections.
- Upon completion of the course, you must delete all copies of course materials from any storage on which you saved permissible extracts.
Special notes
Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course for $84!
See the sidebar to the left for signup information!
Total classes
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Prerequisites
Can be taken alongside the 11 Series Fiction Writing courses
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Suggested credit
Outline
Course outline:
Class 1: Story Writing with Creatures, Monsters, and Aliens—What’s inside a story; common monsters in current fiction; genres with monsters and more; children’s literature versus middle grade versus YA (what’s the difference and why is it important).
Class 2: Characters—How to create a realistic creature, monster, or alien; creating your own unique creature; biology and environmental factors; magic versus science origins; how characters integrate into society and your world/storytelling.
Class 3: Worldbuilding & Setting—How to create a world supporting creatures, monsters, and aliens; how creatures change society; the economics of creatures, monsters, and aliens; how time plays into worldbuilding (present, past, and future influences/differences).
Class 4: Character Arcs & Conflict—how to build a story for your creature, monster, and alien that engages readers and keeps them turning the page; integrating all the elements of great storytelling into your story (including theme, dialogue, point of view, etc.).
Materials
Homework
Students will practice the concepts learned in the recordings, with short reading materials and resources between classes. One (1) to three (3) hours per class is expected for homework. An answer key/grading rubric is provided.
Cherise Papa
cpapa.hsc@gmail.com
About Cherise Papa
Cherise Papa, English B.S., has worked for ten years as a fiction editor helping authors create the books of their dreams.
Currently Ms. Papa is working as a managing editor and building a small press to help authors publish series in indie markets. She also volunteers at Fyrecon and is working behind the scenes at a different press to help publishers enter into new digital markets.
Her passion for story and helping writers discover that passion for themselves has driven her love for editing and teaching. Ms. Papa lives in on the Virginia coast with her husband and three young children, where they enjoy family adventures and fostering their children's creativity through the arts, music, play, and more books and board games than they can count.
You can find her live teaching the Fiction 11 series and grading the Fiction X series.
© 2024 Homeschool Connections; Cherise Papa. All Rights Reserved.
Violation of the above copyright policies may result in expulsion without any refund and/or legal action.