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Writing Workshops:
Course Resources

Module: 1
Introduction

Resource:

Pentagram of Motivation

Module: 2
Whats is a Novel & Genre 
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Resource:

Book Covers
Images from Unsplash: 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6.

Book Cover Designs

Module: 3
​Metrics, Motivation, Productivity and Constraint

Resource:

Writers Productivity Test
Pentagram of Motivation
Tracker Spreadsheet 

Module: 4
Plot

Resource:

Chapter Outline Example
Picture
Xmind Chapter Outline Template

Module: 5
​Character

Resource:

Xmind Character Dossier

Module: 6
​NLP & Defamiliarization


Module: 7
Dialog

Resource:

Conversation example (for dialog tags)

Module: 8
​World Building


Module: 9
​Language Building

Resource:

Quiz

Module: 10
Concept Mapping & Thematic Architecture

Resource:

Blank Concept map (Xmind)
Picture
7 Level Concelpt Map

Picture
2 Level Concept Map


Module: 11
Narrative Position & Description over Exposition 

Resource:

Quiz

Module: 12
Suspense & Tension & Hooks & Cliffhangers / LOCK


Module: 13
​Constraint and Creativity / SCAMPER / The 5 P's of Creativity


Module: 14
​Word Choice

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  • Iain McKinnon
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