(cheerful soft music)…- Welcome to the prompt called, Slow it Down!…In this prompt, we got a sentence that described something,…summarized something, and we had to basically show it…instead of tell it. - Yeah, slow it down.…- Yeah, we had to slow it down, zoom in.…Okay, so which one did you get?…- Well, I chose…the alien landing in the girl's backyard.…
- Okay. - I'll just tip you off here.…I didn't actually get to the alien.…I was so busy setting up the alien coming, so,…you know, maybe another time I'll add more to this.…- If you had a little more time, yeah.…- Okay, so, the tall cedar trees,…which just a moment before had been stone still,…now pulsed and pushed and swelled…in the sudden gusts of wind.…The clouds high above seemed to move faster, too.…Then the lights came, flashing and blinding…through the dancing leaves.…Emma stepped back, her bare feet pushing…into the dry spiky grass.…
"Here they come," she whispered to the moving air,…which now smelled strangely of lollipops and motor oil.…The lights grew and grew like a jellyfish blooming.…
Released
1/25/2019- Creating memorable characters
- Writing dialogue
- Selecting a point of view
- Using an unreliable narrator
- Narrative style
- Building a setting
- Mood, atmosphere, and emotion
- Crafting a plot, from the setup to the resolution
Skill Level Intermediate
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1. What to Expect from This Course
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Welcome and what to expect3m 36s
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How this course works5m 44s
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2. Foundation Block 1: Character
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Appearance (foundation)10m 54s
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Thought (foundation)12m 23s
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Action (foundation)7m 43s
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Goals (foundation)8m 17s
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Uniqueness (advanced)8m 23s
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Flaws (advanced)6m 15s
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Change (advanced)6m 58s
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3. Foundation Block 2: Dialogue
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Dialogue tags (foundation)7m 43s
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Subtext (advanced)8m 7s
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Dialect (advanced)8m 50s
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4. Foundation Block 3: Point of View
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Third person (foundation)10m 14s
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First person (foundation)8m 29s
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Second person (advanced)5m 45s
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5. Foundation Block 4: Narrative Style
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Tense (foundation)8m 15s
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Show and tell (foundation)11m 6s
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Flashbacks (advanced)10m 8s
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Different formats (advanced)10m 5s
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6. Foundation Block 5: Setting
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Time period (advanced)6m 42s
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7. Foundation Block 6: Plot
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Act 1: Set up (foundation)5m 34s
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Final Farewell
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Wrapping up2m 58s
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Video: Mini lecture: Slow it down (foundation)