Creative Writing: Language Building

Module 10:

Language Building

You may not be planning the grandiose heights of Tolkien or Marc Okrand but every story has its own linguistic nuances, from the idiosyncrasy of the characters, their dialect or class, historical period and geographical location, to the voice you chose as a writer. In this workshop we will look at how to create a word palette.

Module 1: Introduction to Creative Writing, Rules & PURPOSE

Module 2: Metrics, Motivation & Productivity

Module 3: What is a Novel & Genre

Module 4: Plot

Module 5: Character

Module 6: Theme

Module 7: Word Choice

Module 8: Dialogue

Module 9: World Building

Module 10: Language Building

Module 11: Narrative Positioning & Description over Exposition

Module 12: Concept Mapping

Module 13: Constraint and Creativity

Module 14: Defamiliarization & NLP

Module 15: Suspense, Tension, Hooks & Cliffhangers & LOCK

Module 16: Editing

Module 17: Drafting your Novel with ChatGPT

Module 18: Author Function-Social Media Guide

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