Dramatic Writing 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 8 lessons:

1. Introduction
   • Motivation
   • Typing Time
   • Types of Writing : Reflection, Exposition, Description, Explanation, Argument
   • Making Decisions about what to Write
   • Know your stuff
   • The concept
   • Synopsis
   • Keeping a Notebook
   • Process of Story Development
   • Planning a Story
   • Developing your Voice
   • Useful terms
2. Characters
   • Developing the characters
   • Building Characters
   • Main Characters
   • Minor Characters
3. Theme & Genre
   • Developing a Theme
   • Universal Themes
   • Sub Themes
   • Creating Conflict
   • Names
4. Plot Development
   • First Decisions
   • Ambience
   • The End of a Story
   • Types of Dramatic Story: Memoirs, Biographies, Reflective Stories, Historical etc
5. Weaving a Story
   • Techniques: Action, Emotion, Mirror; Parallel lives, Palm Cards
   • Writers Block
   • Developing a Story Line
   • Things to Avoid
   • Different Approaches: Dialectic, Transition
   • How a Character Affects a Plot
   • How Plot Affects Genre
   • Goals
   • Consequences
   • Motive
   • Flashbacks and Flashforwards
6. Writing a Dramatic Short Story
   • Main Character and Antagonist
   • Creating a Sense of Place
   • Counting Out Your Story
   • Short Stories
7. Developing Sub Plots
   • Method
   • Plants
   • Activity
8. Writing a Chapters for a Dramatic Work (Novel or Play)
   • Getting Published
   • Writing Resources
   • Writing as a Business
   • Vanity Publishing
   • Dealing with Publishers
   • Creating a Chapter or Segment of a larger work