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February 22, 2020 By fuzati Leave a Comment

Fiction Writing & Literary Form, Part One

Your Fiction &
Creative Writing
Courses

Page 1, Creative Writing Courses

LIVE Courses Recorded Courses

Why Take Fiction Writing Courses?

Because creative writing helps develop a higher level of excellence in all writing skills — and helps develop the highest levels of critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills. Your student’s 11-Series creative writing courses are key to a successful future — in academics, relationships, a career, and life.

College-Bound?

Creative writing isn’t just for English majors or future authors. Creative writing allows you to get ahead and be prepared for college literature and more. Whether you want to be an engineer or mathematician, a pro athlete or performer, a marketing expert or a book author — these courses will help you to be successful in all of college writing.

Want to make ALL writing easier?

Fiction writing introduces advanced techniques used in academic essays and papers, too — because infusing creative writing skills into academic writing at “just the right places” makes your writing stand out. No matter where you go in life, creative writing gives effective communication skills for college and beyond.

And if you’re an aspiring author, you’re in the best place...

Because what’s here is truly top-tier, professional knowledge and practice for how to master fiction writing — and with these courses, you get exactly what you need to start writing your book today.

11-123

Live Course

Creative Writing & Literary Form
(Fiction Writing)
Part One

Suggested Grade Level: 11th Grade
This LIVE course can be taken at any grade level in
high school. See below for details.

Must-have writing know-how and skills
for Plot & Structure, Description & Setting,
and Characters & Dialogue…

Your Course Description

“What makes great fiction? And how can I use fiction writing to make all of my writing dynamic, interesting, and strong?” In this course (the first of two successive courses), you’ll learn what makes excellent fiction writing — and hone your writing skills through the elements and writing techniques of excellent story. Whether you want to write a novel or want to be a dynamic, successful writer in all that you do — learning great plot and structure, description and setting, and characters and dialogue skills will allow you to write exceptionally well, raise your written communication skills, become skilled in the elements of literary analysis, and be fully prepared for college and beyond.

Your Course Outline

Plot and Structure (Weeks 1 – 4)
The first 4-week segment of the course teaches your student about writing a gripping plot for fiction books of any genre for middle grade, young adult, and adult story lots.
Class 1: Great openings—the opening line, hook, drop into action, and inciting incident
Class 2: Developing your plot—doors of no return, peaks, and the rising plot line
Class 3: Creating tension and intrigue—tricks, tips, and “the plant”
Class 4: Great endings—creating a strong climax and finish

Description and Setting (Weeks 5 – 8)
In the next four weeks, the student will learn how to use excellent description and craft a strong and memorable setting for any fiction work.
Class 5: Description and Setting Foundations
Class 6: Types of Description—The senses, metaphor and simile, figures of speech, and literary techniques
Class 7: Principles and techniques of memorable settings (including examples to learn by)
Class 8: How to integrate description and setting into plot, structure, and character development

Characters and Dialogue (Weeks 9 – 12)
The final four weeks teaches the importance of dynamic characters and dialogue for fiction books of any genre—and how to create memorable characters and clear, distinct dialogue.
Class 9: Types of characters, developing characters fully, introducing your character
Class 10: Character arc: Your lead character’s inner change
Class 11: Dialogue how-to’s, do’s, and don’ts
Class 12: Showing your character in the dialogue: weaving dialogue with your character and the action

Your Course Details

Total Number of Classes: Twelve (12)
Grade Level Exceptions: Though this course is recommended for the 11th grade year of
high school, skilled fiction writers in the 9th through 12th grades may take this course. Younger students enroll with instructor recommendation or permission. You’re welcome to join us — simply contact [email protected] for more information.
Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: Required for high school students: WRITING ESSENTIALS 1: Essential Punctuation and Grammar I (HS 9-1). Recommended for high school students: SIMPLIFIED WRITING 1: Strong Foundational Writing Skills (HS 9-2). Prerequisites can be taken either live or through Unlimited Access. Your student will need Word 2007 or later version or the ability to convert a document to a Word-compatible document. 

Alternative to prerequisite: A passing assessment from the Aquinas Writing Advantage Assessment service, https://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/writing-evaluations.

Required Materials:
All documents are turned in as Microsoft Word documents. If you do not own
Microsoft Word 2007 or a later version, you can use a system such as Google Docs
that converts to Word documents FREE. All other learning materials are included
FREE.
Suggested Credit: One (1) full semester of writing and English or literature and writing.
Accompanying Courses:
Students seeking advanced writing skills (or who are considering writing as part of a
career) are encouraged to take additional fiction writing courses: 1) The Hero’s
Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Parts 1 and 2); 2) Screenwriting (Parts 1 and 2);
and/or 3) Comedy Writing (Parts 1 and 2). These courses can be taken during of after
the completion of this course. If you want to know how to be an author, sign up for the
Authoring a Book Part 1 course available in the Spring as a companion for the Fiction
Writing courses.

How this course fits with your High School Writing courses...

Fall Semester Spring Semester
9-19-29-39-4
10-110-2
11-123*11-457**
12-112-2
* This is your first part of a two-part, year-long Creative Writing & LIterary Form (Fiction Writing) course series.
** The 11-123 and 11-457 courses are consecutive courses. To create a full year of High School Writing at the 11th grade level, sign up for the 11-457 course when you sign up for the 11-123 course.

Your Instructors

Your Live, Interactive Courses

During the week, this LIVE course is offered in the Fall.

One Sign Up Option

One Live, Interactive Course

This 12-week course is only offered LIVE. Students attend a LIVE class in a virtual classroom on a specific day, at a specific time. After class (during the week), the student independently completes the weekly coursework. Your instructor is available for communication outside of class via email, to help answer questions. Homework time outside of class is estimated to be two to three hours per week.

Sign up for a LIVE class here

Recorded Courses

This course is also offered in Unlimited Access recordings in three separate 4-week courses. The recorded course instructor is Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA (aka author Erin Brown Conroy/EB Conroy). Click here to find out more and sign up for the recorded courses.

Specific Course FAQs

Is this course required? Can I skip this course?

This course gives your student critical writing skills necessary for all writing success. Creative writing and fiction writing fully prepare your student for college literature courses, literary analysis, critical thinking, and college-level essay and paper writing. Creative writing also uses different areas of the brain than other types of writing — enhancing your student’s ability to reason and come up with creative solutions. The idea that a student doesn’t need creative writing “because he/she is going into engineering” (or mathematics, or another non-English area of learning) is not correct. The skills of creative writing are used in all writing — and help your student understand required subjects in college, cultural references, and communication strategies for life.

Can I start the 11-123 course in the Spring Semester?

The LIVE 11-123 course is only offered in the Fall Semester; the LIVE 11-457 course is only offered in the Spring Semester.

The recorded foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses are ordered by number: 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and so on. Using Unlimited Access, you can take any foundational fiction writing course at any time; however, it is helpful to take recorded courses in numerical order.

Is this course considered an English, Literature, or Writing course?

The answer is — it’s all three! This course teaches skills in English, Literature, and Writing together. Combining the learning (and practice) of all three areas of content, your student works on prewriting, drafting, and creating final versions of writing content.

Can I take an advanced Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course at the same time?

You can take any recorded foundational 11-Series Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course alongside any of the advanced creative writing courses (The Hero’s Journey, Screenwriting, Poetry, and Comedy Writing). However, taking the foundational writing courses first will allow your student the greatest success with the advanced level courses.

Sign up for a LIVE class here...

RECORDED UNLIMITED ACCESS COURSES

11-1

RECORDED COURSE

Creative Writing & Literary Form
(Fiction Writing)
Plot & Structure

Suggested Grade Level: 11th Grade
Ideally, this course is taken 11th grade in the AWA program; in recording,
this course can be taken at any grade level in high school,
young adult/college learning, and beyond.

What makes powerful story structures, dynamic plotlines, and how to
make your story’s plot and structure strong...

Your Course Description

This foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course teaches you how to identify and write the key components of a gripping plot in fiction books of any genre. Designed for writing fiction for children’s stories, middle grade, young adult, and adult plots, the course covers great openings (the opening line, hook, drop into action, and inciting incident); development (doors of no return, peaks, and the rising plot line); creating tension and intrigue; and crafting a memorable climax and finish to a story. Whether you’re an aspiring author writing a book for publication or a student preparing for literary courses in college, in this course, you’ll get all you need to know how to craft a story’s plot well.

Your Course Outline

Class 1: Great openings—the opening line, hook, drop into action, and inciting incident
Class 2: Developing your plot—doors of no return, peaks, and the rising plot line
Class 3: Creating tension and intrigue—tricks, tips, and “the plant”
Class 4: Great endings—creating a strong climax and finish

Your Course Details

Total Number of Classes: Four (4)
Grade Level Exceptions: Though this course is recommended for the 11th grade year of high school, skilled fiction writers in the 9th through 12th grades may take this recorded course.

Prerequisite: Required for high school students: WRITING ESSENTIALS 1: Essential Punctuation and Grammar I (HS 9-1). Recommended for high school students: SIMPLIFIED WRITING 1: Strong Foundational Writing Skills (HS 9-2). Prerequisites can be taken either live or through Unlimited Access. Your student will need Word 2007 or later version or the ability to convert a document to a Word-compatible document. 

Alternative to prerequisite: A passing assessment from the Aquinas Writing Advantage Assessment service, https://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/writing-evaluations.
Required Materials: All learning materials are included FREE.
Suggested Credit: One-third (1/3) semester of writing and English or literature and writing. Take two more 4-week recorded foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses to create a full semester of learning.
Accompanying Courses:
Students seeking advanced college writing skills (or who are considering writing as part of a career) are encouraged to take additional fiction writing courses: 1) The Hero’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Parts 1 and 2); 2) Screenwriting (Parts 1 and 2); and/or 3) Comedy Writing (Parts 1 and 2). The advanced courses can be taken during or after the completion of this course. If you want to know how to be an author, sign up for the Authoring a Book Part 1 course available LIVE in the Spring Semester (or anytime in Unlimited Access recorded courses), as a companion for the Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses.

How this course fits with your High School Writing courses...

Fall Semester Spring Semester
9-19-29-39-4
10-110-2
11-1* 11-2** 11-3** 11-4** 11-5** 11-7**
12-112-2
* This is your first part of a six-part, year-long Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course series.
** The 11-1 through 11-7 courses are consecutive courses. To create a full year of High School Writing at the 11th grade level, sign up for the recorded 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, and 11-7 courses together in Unlimited Access.

Your Instructors

RECORDED, INDEPENDENT-LEARNING COURSE

This four-week course is only offered in Unlimited Access. When you sign up for Unlimited Access and take this recorded course, your instructor is the designer and Director of Aquinas Writing Advantage, Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA (aka author EB Conroy/Erin Brown Conroy).

Two Sign Up Options

UNLIMITED ACCESS: RECORDED, INDEPENDENT-LEARNING COURSE

When you take the Recorded course, you will independently view the recorded video lessons and complete the coursework in the learning management system. Parents grade the student’s work. There is an estimated two to three hours of homework/coursework per week outside of watching the weekly video lecture.

When you get “Unlimited Access,” you get 24/7 access to ALL of the writing courses — AND access to 400+ middle and high school courses, in all subject areas, for only $34.97 a month.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this course…

UNLIMITED ACCESS WITH INSTRUCTOR ACCESS GRADING SERVICES

Instructor Access is an optional service, for an additional fee, that accompanies Unlimited Access. When you sign up for one-on-one tutoring with Instructor Access, during the week, your Instructor Access instructor will be available for interaction, answering questions and giving advice on the work through email. The instructor will give constructive feedback and grade the work submitted, and there is an estimated three to four hours per week for homework for your student outside of watching the video lecture. If you’d like to get Instructor Access, once you sign up for Unlimited Access, you’ll receive email instructions on how to sign up for Instructor Access.

When you get “Unlimited Access,” you get 24/7 access to ALL of the writing courses —
AND access to 400+ middle and high school courses, in all subject areas, for only $34.97 a month.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this course…

Specific Course FAQs

Is this course required? Can I skip this course?

This course gives your student critical writing skills necessary for all writing success. Creative writing and fiction writing fully prepare your student for college literature courses, literary analysis, critical thinking, and college-level essay and paper writing. Creative writing also uses different areas of the brain than other types of writing — enhancing your student’s ability to reason and come up with creative solutions. The idea that a student doesn’t need creative writing “because he/she is going into engineering” (or mathematics, or another non-English area of learning) is not correct. The skills of creative writing are used in all writing — and help your student understand required subjects in college, cultural references, and communication strategies for life.

Can I start the 11-123 course in the Spring Semester?

The LIVE 11-123 course is only offered in the Fall Semester; the LIVE 11-457 course is only offered in the Spring Semester.

The recorded foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses are ordered by number: 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and so on. Using Unlimited Access, you can take any foundational fiction writing course at any time; however, it is helpful to take recorded courses in numerical order.

Is this course considered an English, Literature, or Writing course?

The answer is — it’s all three! This course teaches skills in English, Literature, and Writing together. Combining the learning (and practice) of all three areas of content, your student works on prewriting, drafting, and creating final versions of writing content.

Can I take an advanced Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course at the same time?

You can take any recorded foundational 11-Series Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course alongside any of the advanced creative writing courses (The Hero’s Journey, Screenwriting, Poetry, and Comedy Writing). However, taking the foundational writing courses first will allow your student the greatest success with the advanced level courses.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this recorded course…

11-2

Recorded Course

Fiction Writing
Description & Setting

Suggested Grade Level:
Ideally, this course is taken 11th grade in the AWA program; in recording,
this course can be taken at any grade level in high school,
young adult/college learning, and beyond.

Learn what makes fabulous description
and setting in any story -- and how to
make your own story’s scenes strong…

Your Course Description

With this course, you’ll learn how to create powerful sensory descriptions as you craft your fiction work. Learn when a good writer uses description; how to craft a believable and memorable setting; the types of description to use (sensory, metaphor and simile, figures of speech, and literary techniques); principles and techniques of all memorable settings; and how to integrate description and setting into any story’s plot, structure, and character development in a way that captures your reader’s attention.

Your Course Outline

Class 1: Description and Setting Foundations
Class 2: Types of Description—The senses, metaphor and simile, figures of speech, and literary techniques
Class 3: Principles and techniques of memorable settings (including example to learn by)
Class 4: How to integrate description and setting into plot, structure, and character development

Your Course Details

Total Number of Classes: Four (4)
Grade Level Exceptions: Though this course is recommended for the 11th grade year of
high school, skilled fiction writers in the 9th through 12th grades may take this recorded course.

Prerequisite: Required for high school students: WRITING ESSENTIALS 1: Essential Punctuation and Grammar I (HS 9-1). Recommended for high school students: SIMPLIFIED WRITING 1: Strong Foundational Writing Skills (HS 9-2). Prerequisites can be taken either live or through Unlimited Access. Your student will need Word 2007 or later version or the ability to convert a document to a Word-compatible document. 

Alternative to prerequisite: A passing assessment from the Aquinas Writing Advantage Assessment service, https://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/writing-evaluations.
Required Materials:
All learning materials are included FREE.
Suggested Credit: One-third (1/3) semester of writing and English or literature and writing. Take two more 4-week recorded foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses to create a full semester of learning.
Accompanying Courses:
Students seeking advanced college writing skills (or who are considering writing as part of a career) are encouraged to take additional fiction writing courses: 1) The Hero’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Parts 1 and 2); 2) Screenwriting (Parts 1 and 2); and/or 3) Comedy Writing (Parts 1 and 2). The advanced courses can be taken during or after the completion of this course. If you want to know how to be an author, sign up for the Authoring a Book Part 1 course available LIVE in the Spring Semester (or anytime in Unlimited Access recorded courses), as a companion for the Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses.

How this course fits with your High School Writing courses...

Fall Semester Spring Semester
9-19-29-39-4
10-110-2
11-1* 11-2* 11-3** 11-4** 11-5** 11-7**
12-112-2
* This is your second part of a six-part, year-long Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course series.
** The 11-1 through 11-7 courses are consecutive courses. To create a full year of High School Writing at the 11th grade level, sign up for the recorded 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, and 11-7 courses together in Unlimited Access.

Your Instructors

RECORDED, INDEPENDENT-LEARNING COURSE

This four-week course is only offered in Unlimited Access. When you sign up for Unlimited Access and take this recorded course, your instructor is the designer and Director of Aquinas Writing Advantage, Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA (aka author EB Conroy/Erin Brown Conroy).

Two Sign Up Options

UNLIMITED ACCESS: RECORDED, INDEPENDENT-LEARNING COURSE

When you take the Recorded course, you will independently view the recorded video lessons and complete the coursework in the learning management system. Parents grade the student’s work. There is an estimated two to three hours of homework/coursework per week outside of watching the weekly video lecture.

When you get “Unlimited Access,” you get 24/7 access to ALL of the writing courses — AND access to 400+ middle and high school courses, in all subject areas, for only $34.97 a month.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this course…

UNLIMITED ACCESS WITH INSTRUCTOR ACCESS GRADING SERVICES

Instructor Access is an optional service, for an additional fee, that accompanies Unlimited Access. When you sign up for one-on-one tutoring with Instructor Access, during the week, your Instructor Access instructor will be available for interaction, answering questions and giving advice on the work through email. The instructor will give constructive feedback and grade the work submitted, and there is an estimated three to four hours per week for homework for your student outside of watching the video lecture. If you’d like to get Instructor Access, once you sign up for Unlimited Access, you’ll receive email instructions on how to sign up for Instructor Access.

When you get “Unlimited Access,” you get 24/7 access to ALL of the writing courses —
AND access to 400+ middle and high school courses, in all subject areas, for only $34.97 a month.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this course…

Specific Course FAQs

Is this course required? Can I skip this course?

This course gives your student critical writing skills necessary for all writing success. Creative writing and fiction writing fully prepare your student for college literature courses, literary analysis, critical thinking, and college-level essay and paper writing. Creative writing also uses different areas of the brain than other types of writing — enhancing your student’s ability to reason and come up with creative solutions. The idea that a student doesn’t need creative writing “because he/she is going into engineering” (or mathematics, or another non-English area of learning) is not correct. The skills of creative writing are used in all writing — and help your student understand required subjects in college, cultural references, and communication strategies for life.

In what order should I take the 4-week recorded courses?

The recorded foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses are ordered by number: 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and so on. Using Unlimited Access, you can take any foundational fiction writing course at any time; however, it is helpful to take recorded courses in numerical order.

Can I take an advanced Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course at the same time?

You can take any recorded foundational 11-Series Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course alongside any of the advanced creative writing courses (The Hero’s Journey, Screenwriting, Poetry, and Comedy Writing). However, taking the foundational writing courses first will allow your student the greatest success with the advanced level courses.

Is this course considered an English, Literature, or Writing course?

The answer is — it’s all three! This course teaches skills in English, Literature, and Writing together. Combining the learning (and practice) of all three areas of content, your student works on prewriting, drafting, and creating final versions of writing content.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this recorded course…

11-3

Recorded Course

Fiction Writing
Characters & Dialogue

Suggested Grade Level:
Ideally, this course is taken 11th grade in the AWA program; in recording,
this course can be taken at any grade level in middle school, high school,
young adult/college learning, and beyond.

Learn what makes realistic, memorable
characters and dialogue -- and
make your own story’s characters shine...

Your Course Description

How does an author write memorable characters? In this course, you’ll learn what goes into dynamic characters — and how to write dialogue for those characters in your fiction works of any genre, for  young adult, and adult stories. Find out how to develop characters; what goes into a character arc; how to develop realistic dialogue; and how to weave dialogue into character development and action.

Your Course Outline

Class 1: Types of characters, developing characters fully, introducing your character
Class 2: Character arc: Your lead character’s inner change
Class 3: Dialogue how-to’s, do’s, and don’ts
Class 4: Showing your character in the dialogue: weaving dialogue with your character and the action

Your Course Details

Total Number of Classes: Four (4)
Grade Level Exceptions: Though this course is recommended for the 11th grade year of
high school, skilled fiction writers in the 9th through 12th grades may take this recorded course.

Prerequisite: Required for high school students: WRITING ESSENTIALS 1: Essential Punctuation and Grammar I (HS 9-1). Recommended for high school students: SIMPLIFIED WRITING 1: Strong Foundational Writing Skills (HS 9-2). Prerequisites can be taken either live or through Unlimited Access. Your student will need Word 2007 or later version or the ability to convert a document to a Word-compatible document. 

Alternative to prerequisite: A passing assessment from the Aquinas Writing Advantage Assessment service, https://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/writing-evaluations.
Required Materials:
All learning materials are included FREE.
Suggested Credit: One-third (1/3) semester of writing and English or literature and writing. Take two more 4-week recorded foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses to create a full semester of learning.
Accompanying Courses:
Students seeking advanced college writing skills (or who are considering writing as part of a career) are encouraged to take additional fiction writing courses: 1) The Hero’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Parts 1 and 2); 2) Screenwriting (Parts 1 and 2); and/or 3) Comedy Writing (Parts 1 and 2). The advanced courses can be taken during or after the completion of this course. If you want to know how to be an author, sign up for the Authoring a Book Part 1 course available LIVE in the Spring Semester (or anytime in Unlimited Access recorded courses), as a companion for the Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses.

How this course fits with your High School Writing courses...

Fall Semester Spring Semester
9-19-29-39-4
10-110-2
11-1** 11-2** 11-3* 11-4** 11-5** 11-7**
12-112-2
* This is your third part of a six-part, year-long Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course series.
** The 11-1 through 11-7 courses are consecutive courses. To create a full year of High School Writing at the 11th grade level, sign up for the recorded 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, and 11-7 courses together in Unlimited Access.

Your Instructors

RECORDED, INDEPENDENT-LEARNING COURSE

This four-week course is only offered in Unlimited Access. When you sign up for Unlimited Access and take this recorded course, your instructor is the designer and Director of Aquinas Writing Advantage, Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA (aka author EB Conroy/Erin Brown Conroy).

Two Sign Up Options

UNLIMITED ACCESS: RECORDED, INDEPENDENT-LEARNING COURSE

When you take the Recorded course, you will independently view the recorded video lessons and complete the coursework in the learning management system. Parents grade the student’s work. There is an estimated two to three hours of homework/coursework per week outside of watching the weekly video lecture.

When you get “Unlimited Access,” you get 24/7 access to ALL of the writing courses — AND access to 400+ middle and high school courses, in all subject areas, for only $34.97 a month.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this course…

UNLIMITED ACCESS WITH INSTRUCTOR ACCESS GRADING SERVICES

Instructor Access is an optional service, for an additional fee, that accompanies Unlimited Access. When you sign up for one-on-one tutoring with Instructor Access, during the week, your Instructor Access instructor will be available for interaction, answering questions and giving advice on the work through email. The instructor will give constructive feedback and grade the work submitted, and there is an estimated three to four hours per week for homework for your student outside of watching the video lecture. If you’d like to get Instructor Access, once you sign up for Unlimited Access, you’ll receive email instructions on how to sign up for Instructor Access.

When you get “Unlimited Access,” you get 24/7 access to ALL of the writing courses —
AND access to 400+ middle and high school courses, in all subject areas, for only $34.97 a month.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this course…

Specific Course FAQs

Is this course required? Can I skip this course?

This course gives your student critical writing skills necessary for all writing success. Creative writing and fiction writing fully prepare your student for college literature courses, literary analysis, critical thinking, and college-level essay and paper writing. Creative writing also uses different areas of the brain than other types of writing — enhancing your student’s ability to reason and come up with creative solutions. The idea that a student doesn’t need creative writing “because he/she is going into engineering” (or mathematics, or another non-English area of learning) is not correct. The skills of creative writing are used in all writing — and help your student understand required subjects in college, cultural references, and communication strategies for life.

In what order should I take the 4-week recorded courses?

The recorded foundational Creative Writing/Fiction Writing courses are ordered by number: 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and so on. Using Unlimited Access, you can take any foundational fiction writing course at any time; however, it is helpful to take recorded courses in numerical order.

Can I take an advanced Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course at the same time?

You can take any recorded foundational 11-Series Creative Writing/Fiction Writing course alongside any of the advanced creative writing courses (The Hero’s Journey, Screenwriting, Poetry, and Comedy Writing). However, taking the foundational writing courses first will allow your student the greatest success with the advanced level courses.

Is this course considered an English, Literature, or Writing course?

The answer is — it’s all three! This course teaches skills in English, Literature, and Writing together. Combining the learning (and practice) of all three areas of content, your student works on prewriting, drafting, and creating final versions of writing content.

Sign up for Unlimited Access here to get this recorded course…

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