Write up to 50 additional pages of your science fiction or fantasy novel in progress
Learn to push through the challenging middle portion of your novel
Focus on craft tools like worldbuilding, scenecraft, and character development
Find innovative points of entry and framing for your scenes
About this course:
For writers with a minimum of 50 pages of a science fiction and fantasy novel-in-progress, this workshop guides them to generate 50 additional pages. Writers often experience lack of direction or stamina at this middle stage in their novel. This workshop thus focuses on craft tools orbiting subjects such as worldbuilding, infodump-hiding, scenecraft and character development to enter scenes in fresh, inspiring ways. This craft-heavy course emphasizes prompts, exercises and games to help writers rotate their scenes and find innovative points of entry and framing. Writers will complete the workshop with an additional 50 pages, as well as a more robust arsenal of craft skills particularly useful for science fiction and fantasy works.
Prerequisites
WRITING X 416.2E Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel II. No exceptions.
Spring 2025 Schedule
Date & Time
Details
Format
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Wednesday 5:00PM - 8:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens February 03, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
This course is held via video teleconference. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation. Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.
Refund Deadline
Refunds only available from February 03, 2025 to April 13, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to access course materials.
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Mariner Books
ISBN 978-0544611610
(Optional)
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
by Jeff Vandermeer
Abrams, Inc
ISBN 978-1419704420
Schedule
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Location
Online
Wed Apr 2, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed Apr 9, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed Apr 16, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed Apr 23, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed Apr 30, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed May 7, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed May 14, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed May 21, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed May 28, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Online
Wed Jun 4, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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