Everything comes together in the Capstone. You will draft a complete story, narrative essay, or memoir of 8–15 pages. With the advice of your peer readers, you will revise, rewrite, and complete it. The skills you’ve learned of plotting, setting, physical description, characterization, and stylistic clarity and innovation will culminate in an original work of art all your own. We’ll discuss the steps that professional writers take to bring their work into the public world. Along the way you’ll learn the patient habits of revision that make up the writer’s life.
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Capstone: Your Story
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Aprox. 13 horas para completar
Sugerido: 7 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week
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At Wesleyan, distinguished scholar-teachers work closely with students, taking advantage of fluidity among disciplines to explore the world with a variety of tools. The university seeks to build a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who think critically and creatively and who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit.
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
24 minutos para concluir
Introduction to the Capstone and Gathering Materials
This week we lay out the agenda of the Capstone—seven weeks of structured work in which you’ll proceed from your accumulated notes and exercises to a finished piece: Your Story. We discuss the upcoming sequence of critiques of your fellow students’s work and you assemble the materials for your first draft.
24 minutos para concluir
3 vídeos (Total 14 mín.), 1 leitura
1 leituras
Specialization Promo Codes10min
1 hora para concluir
Composition Strategies
Having gathered all your scraps, notes, research, exercises into one place, you now get moving on the first draft. Through interviews with Jaimy Gordon and Amy Bloom, we discuss composition strategies—the different ways different writers have approached the blank page and how they get moving toward a coherent whole.
1 hora para concluir
5 vídeos (Total 36 mín.)
5 videos
Interview with Amy Bloom, pt. 111min
Interview with Amy Bloom, pt. 26min
Interview with Jaimy Gordon15min
Working on a First Draft1min
2 horas para concluir
Finishing the First Draft
Compose, compose, compose. This week is devoted completely to pushing through that crucial deadline: finishing your first draft by the end of the week. As you compose, you’ll get some advice from successful Wesleyan alumni writers who have gone from where you are to published books out there in the world.
2 horas para concluir
6 vídeos (Total 27 mín.)
6 videos
Una LaMarche10min
Lin-Manuel Miranda1min
Ayelet Waldman5min
Becky Albertalli6min
First Draft2min
1 hora para concluir
Peer Review
Now that you’ve finished your first draft, it’s time to get ready for the first big peer review. This week we’ll talk about how to give good critique, and we’ll present a sample story and sample workshop. At the end of the week, you’ll write critiques of three of your fellow students’ work while they are busy critiquing yours.
1 hora para concluir
4 vídeos (Total 37 mín.), 1 leitura
4 videos
Workshop Demonstration, pt. 112min
Workshop Demonstration, pt. 219min
Three Peer Reviews1min
1 leituras
Manuscript for Workshop Demonstration10min
Avaliações
Principais avaliações do CAPSTONE: YOUR STORY
por AMOct 24, 2018
It was challenging and inspiring, one of the best courses I have taken. I took my writing to new places and learned quite a lot : ) Thank you so much for the opportunity and platform for learning.
por IBAug 30, 2017
Good opportunity to keep writing and get feedback. The only drawback is the quality of reviews you get on this site- everyone wants to BE reviewed, no one wants to do the reviewing!
por PMJul 6, 2017
This has been a wonderful opportunity and journey, one of learning how to tap into innate skills of creativity, inspiration and penmanship. Thank you.
por DAAug 1, 2017
The resources have been great tools to help design and finish a polished piece. A great course for all kinds of creative writers!
por NNJan 16, 2019
Brilliant! Would be enhanced to have a template for outline a story for future students, if possible\n\nCheers,\n\nNev.
por CRFeb 24, 2018
Helpful program to tackle larger writing projects, detailing how to get started and keep momentum throughout.
por AJMay 11, 2018
Pacing just right; helpful assignments; solid, constructive teaching; tough yet encouraging peer review
por JRDec 20, 2016
Really enjoyed doing the capstone project! It was difficult at times, but totally worth it in the end!
por JQMar 5, 2017
Really fun and a course I used on my first two books which will be published at amazon this month.
por RGMay 7, 2018
Amazing, great tutors, for everyone who's looking to expand the horizons. Highly recommended.
por LRApr 16, 2019
Another enjoyable and rewarding class. Feedback from other students was very helpful.
por JDDec 15, 2019
This was a great experience! I have learnt a lot and know how to keep learning now!
por NSFeb 14, 2018
Great instructions... professors...and exercises to strengthen your writing.
por IAJun 25, 2017
Helped me more than all the books I read about creative writing combined.
por FHJul 18, 2018
I loved it. It was a great opportunity to learn how to write a story.
por KWMay 10, 2017
Really enjoyed this class, and the others that goes with it!
por ACSep 2, 2019
It would be better if the instructor actually participated.
por EMFeb 20, 2017
This is a great series. Stay with it all the way through!
Sobre Programa de cursos integrados Escrita criativa
This Specialization covers elements of three major creative writing genres: short story, narrative essay, and memoir. You will master the techniques that good writers use to compose a bracing story, populated with memorable characters in an interesting setting, written in a fresh descriptive style. You will analyze and constructively evaluate peer writing. In the Capstone, you will draft, rewrite, and complete a substantial original story in the genre of your choosing.
Our courses are designed for anyone from the aspiring short story writer to established novelist. Whether you have a finished novel sitting on your desk calling for a fresh look or have had the germ of an idea for a decade, this Specialization gives you tools to achieve your goal. Through 4 courses focused on a key aspect of writing, and taken in any order you choose, you will develop a stronger ability to not only refine your writing, but critique writing in general and find inspiration in the works you are already reading.
Thanks to our sponsors, upon completion of their first assignment, learners in each course will receive up to an 80% discount from Write-Bros and a 30% discount off their first purchase from Scrivener to use on their writing software. Additionally, learners who complete an assignment will receive 30% off membership at the online writing community Scribophile. For more information about our partners, see the FAQ below.
Perguntas Frequentes – FAQ
Quando terei acesso às palestras e às tarefas?
Ao se inscrever para um Certificado, você terá acesso a todos os vídeos, testes e tarefas de programação (se aplicável). Tarefas avaliadas pelos colegas apenas podem ser enviadas e avaliadas após o início da sessão. Caso escolha explorar o curso sem adquiri-lo, talvez você não consiga acessar certas tarefas.
O que recebo ao me inscrever nesta Especialização?
Quando você se inscreve no curso, tem acesso a todos os cursos na Especialização e pode obter um certificado quando concluir o trabalho. Seu Certificado eletrônico será adicionado à sua página de Participações e você poderá imprimi-lo ou adicioná-lo ao seu perfil no LinkedIn. Se quiser apenas ler e assistir o conteúdo do curso, você poderá frequentá-lo como ouvinte sem custo.
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