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In this course, you will learn:
- How to design a world from scratch, establish intriguing characters, and get published. Create inclusive fiction that represents your experience to hone your art and express your voice.
Syllabus:
- Elements of Worldbuilding
- Macro-worldbuilding Exercise: Build Your World
- Micro-worldbuilding: Conceiving the Culture and People
- Micro-worldbuilding: Power Dynamics and Cultural Appropriation
- Worldbuilding: Inventing Science and Magic
- Worldbuilding: Research
- Immersing Your Reader: Choosing a POV
- The Psychology of Characters
- Forget the Rugged Individual Archetype
- The Hierarchy of Characterization: Demographics, Outer Life, and Inner Life
- The Hierarchy of Characterization: The Character Arc
- How to Publish Your Book: Seeking Publication
- How to Find a Literary Agent
- Surviving the Literary Marketplace
- Writing While Marginalized
