Writing Fiction for Young Adults (Online) offered by Oxford University
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Writing Fiction for Young Adults (Online) at Oxford University Overview
Duration | 10 weeks |
Total fee | ₹43,700 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
Writing Fiction for Young Adults (Online) at Oxford University Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
Writing Fiction for Young Adults (Online) at Oxford University Course details
- Debunk the misconception that you have to be someone special to write
- Show how important it is to cultivate the right mind-set first
- Take broad overview of the topography - from the blank page to revision and polishing, and what comes after
- Break the process of writing down into constituent parts and reveal the art and craft at work
- Opportunity to roll up their sleeves and 'have a go
- Opportunity to put it all together and create a short piece of fiction
- This course will introduce you to one of the fastest-growing sectors of the publishing industry
- Discover how writing for young adults has evolved since Eleanor Fenn wrote School Dialogues for Boys: Being an Attempt to Convey Instruction Insensibly to Their Tender Minds and Instill The Love of Virtue, and the elements of contemporary Young Adult Fiction
- You will find your own voice and your own niche in the sub-genres of writing for young adults, from realism to fantasy and the supernatural
- Learn to critique and edit your own and others' work
Writing Fiction for Young Adults (Online) at Oxford University Curriculum
What is Young Adult Fiction?
Introduction to the course and each other
Changing styles
A typical teenager?
Excitement, experience and knowledge
Reading and Writing Young Adult Fiction
The dos and don'ts: generally accepted guidelines for writing young adult fiction
Applying the 'rules'
Genres and sub-genres
On writing a series
Multiculturalism
Ideas and Inspiration
Where do ideas come from?
Different strokes
Plot structure
From 'spiders' to a detailed synopsis
What if....?
What's it All About?
Plots, sub-plots and underlying themes
Gently does it
What is it about vampires?
Stating your theme
Genre-bending
Holes
Characters: Their creation and development
Popular protagonists
Getting to know them
The best friend
The bad guys (or girls...)
Point of View
First- and third-person narrative: their advantages and disadvantages in young adult fiction
Who's telling the story?
Perspective
Know-it-alls and other narrators
Teen-speak: Getting it right
He said/She said
Dialogue
The purpose and mechanics of dialogue
Speaking volumes
Talking heads
Adding 'filler'
Your dialogue checklist
Descriptive Writing
Giving them goosebumps and touching their hearts
Less is more
Dramatic tension
Giggles And goosebumps
Writing for laughs - or for shivers
Conflict
Resolving plot or character-driven conflict in a believable and satisfying way
Sticking points and stumbling blocks
Creating and developing conflict
Internal and external conflict
Tackling taboos
Good and bad endings
What to avoid at all costs
Getting it right
Different endings
What next?
Writing Fiction for Young Adults (Online) at Oxford University Faculty details
Writing Fiction for Young Adults (Online) at Oxford University Entry Requirements
- Prerequisite: Familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet
- Yes
- In countries where the normal examinations have been cancelled, university will expect the conditions of student's offer to be met by the alternative assessment put in place by qualifications' regulators.
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