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CREW103 Notes
Contents
CREW103 Notes..................................................................................................................................1
Introduction Lecture...........................................................................................................................3
Objectives......................................................................................................................................3
Graft: An introduction to the writing process...................................................................................3
Inspiration..........................................................................................................................................4
The process........................................................................................................................................4
Second drafts:................................................................................................................................4
Third drafts:...................................................................................................................................4
Polishing.........................................................................................................................................4
Publication and performance.........................................................................................................4
Your process.......................................................................................................................................5
Narratology..........................................................................................................................................5
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................5
Facts...................................................................................................................................................5
The elements of good storytelling:................................................................................................5
Narrative layers:.............................................................................................................................5
Theories.............................................................................................................................................6
Fabula and Syuzhet........................................................................................................................6
Chatman’s Kernels and Satellites...................................................................................................6
Three Act Structures......................................................................................................................6
Todorov’s Theory...........................................................................................................................6
Notes on specific parts of a narrative................................................................................................6
Beginning.......................................................................................................................................6
Rising action (the hardest bit)........................................................................................................6
Introduction to the Short Story..........................................................................................................7
What to do if you get stuck?..........................................................................................................7
Narrative........................................................................................................................................7
Tips................................................................................................................................................7
Voice and Dialogue...............................................................................................................................7
There are three types of dialogue:.................................................................................................7
Questions to ask yourself to find your voice..................................................................................8
Narrative........................................................................................................................................8
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Character voice..............................................................................................................................8
Formatting.....................................................................................................................................8
Dialogic Modes..............................................................................................................................8
Character.............................................................................................................................................9
Ways to flesh out characters:.............................................................................................................9
Benefits and Drawbacks.................................................................................................................9
Revealing character............................................................................................................................9
Tips..................................................................................................................................................10
Camera Angles and Prose..................................................................................................................10
Narration can be:.........................................................................................................................10
Things to consider if writing in first person:.....................................................................................10
Types of narrator:.........................................................................................................................10
Things to consider if writing in third person:...................................................................................10
Types of third person narration:..................................................................................................11
Psychic Distance...............................................................................................................................11
Placing, Setting and Worldbuilding..................................................................................................11
Placing.............................................................................................................................................11
Setting..............................................................................................................................................11
Worldbuilding..................................................................................................................................12
The two types of worldbuilding:..................................................................................................12
The 5 stages to showing emotion................................................................................................12
In Dialogue with Genre.....................................................................................................................13
Post-apocalyptic...............................................................................................................................13
Tropes:.........................................................................................................................................13
Poetic Form: Nuts and Bolts.............................................................................................................13
Sonnets........................................................................................................................................14
Ekphrasis and the Mattressphere.....................................................................................................14
Ekphrasis..........................................................................................................................................14
Mattressphere.................................................................................................................................14
Scripts.................................................................................................................................................14
Writing for Young People..................................................................................................................14
YA.....................................................................................................................................................14
Critical Reflection & Portfolio..........................................................................................................15
Critical reflection..............................................................................................................................15
Do:...............................................................................................................................................15
Comedic Writing................................................................................................................................15
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Types of Comedy..........................................................................................................................16
Urgency...............................................................................................................................................16
Narrative Urgency............................................................................................................................16
Hero’s Journey.............................................................................................................................16
Rhythmic Urgency............................................................................................................................16
Rhetorical Urgency...........................................................................................................................16
Things that affect whether your audience is invested..................................................................16
The Spark of Brilliants......................................................................................................................17
Writing Intimacy...............................................................................................................................17
Why write intimacy?....................................................................................................................17
Introduction Lecture
The only way to become a creative writer is to read, write, revise, repeat.
Objectives
theoretical knowledge
practical skills
critical acuity — the ability to edit your own work and critique it (i.e. academic
writing).
Lecture B is generally more practice based.
1. What kind of writing are you interested in and what themes?
2. What genres will you write in and why?
3. What do you know about the genre and how will you do something not done before?
4. What key skills will be crucial for your work? What do you need to work on?
5. What is forming your creative decisions? (You need a bibliography of creative and
critical references.)
Marked on:
language
subject matter
structure
voice
Graft: An introduction to the writing
process
CREW103 Notes
Contents
CREW103 Notes..................................................................................................................................1
Introduction Lecture...........................................................................................................................3
Objectives......................................................................................................................................3
Graft: An introduction to the writing process...................................................................................3
Inspiration..........................................................................................................................................4
The process........................................................................................................................................4
Second drafts:................................................................................................................................4
Third drafts:...................................................................................................................................4
Polishing.........................................................................................................................................4
Publication and performance.........................................................................................................4
Your process.......................................................................................................................................5
Narratology..........................................................................................................................................5
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................5
Facts...................................................................................................................................................5
The elements of good storytelling:................................................................................................5
Narrative layers:.............................................................................................................................5
Theories.............................................................................................................................................6
Fabula and Syuzhet........................................................................................................................6
Chatman’s Kernels and Satellites...................................................................................................6
Three Act Structures......................................................................................................................6
Todorov’s Theory...........................................................................................................................6
Notes on specific parts of a narrative................................................................................................6
Beginning.......................................................................................................................................6
Rising action (the hardest bit)........................................................................................................6
Introduction to the Short Story..........................................................................................................7
What to do if you get stuck?..........................................................................................................7
Narrative........................................................................................................................................7
Tips................................................................................................................................................7
Voice and Dialogue...............................................................................................................................7
There are three types of dialogue:.................................................................................................7
Questions to ask yourself to find your voice..................................................................................8
Narrative........................................................................................................................................8
, 2
Character voice..............................................................................................................................8
Formatting.....................................................................................................................................8
Dialogic Modes..............................................................................................................................8
Character.............................................................................................................................................9
Ways to flesh out characters:.............................................................................................................9
Benefits and Drawbacks.................................................................................................................9
Revealing character............................................................................................................................9
Tips..................................................................................................................................................10
Camera Angles and Prose..................................................................................................................10
Narration can be:.........................................................................................................................10
Things to consider if writing in first person:.....................................................................................10
Types of narrator:.........................................................................................................................10
Things to consider if writing in third person:...................................................................................10
Types of third person narration:..................................................................................................11
Psychic Distance...............................................................................................................................11
Placing, Setting and Worldbuilding..................................................................................................11
Placing.............................................................................................................................................11
Setting..............................................................................................................................................11
Worldbuilding..................................................................................................................................12
The two types of worldbuilding:..................................................................................................12
The 5 stages to showing emotion................................................................................................12
In Dialogue with Genre.....................................................................................................................13
Post-apocalyptic...............................................................................................................................13
Tropes:.........................................................................................................................................13
Poetic Form: Nuts and Bolts.............................................................................................................13
Sonnets........................................................................................................................................14
Ekphrasis and the Mattressphere.....................................................................................................14
Ekphrasis..........................................................................................................................................14
Mattressphere.................................................................................................................................14
Scripts.................................................................................................................................................14
Writing for Young People..................................................................................................................14
YA.....................................................................................................................................................14
Critical Reflection & Portfolio..........................................................................................................15
Critical reflection..............................................................................................................................15
Do:...............................................................................................................................................15
Comedic Writing................................................................................................................................15
, 3
Types of Comedy..........................................................................................................................16
Urgency...............................................................................................................................................16
Narrative Urgency............................................................................................................................16
Hero’s Journey.............................................................................................................................16
Rhythmic Urgency............................................................................................................................16
Rhetorical Urgency...........................................................................................................................16
Things that affect whether your audience is invested..................................................................16
The Spark of Brilliants......................................................................................................................17
Writing Intimacy...............................................................................................................................17
Why write intimacy?....................................................................................................................17
Introduction Lecture
The only way to become a creative writer is to read, write, revise, repeat.
Objectives
theoretical knowledge
practical skills
critical acuity — the ability to edit your own work and critique it (i.e. academic
writing).
Lecture B is generally more practice based.
1. What kind of writing are you interested in and what themes?
2. What genres will you write in and why?
3. What do you know about the genre and how will you do something not done before?
4. What key skills will be crucial for your work? What do you need to work on?
5. What is forming your creative decisions? (You need a bibliography of creative and
critical references.)
Marked on:
language
subject matter
structure
voice
Graft: An introduction to the writing
process
