Introductions: what the course is about and a bit about me
- Introductory lecture: all about the course and me
- What makes a great short story?
- Some downloads and freebies
- How to get the most out of the course
- Introduce yourself
- Write a six word story!
Where a good story starts: the idea
- Where do you get your ideas from?
- Writing prompts and exercises
- Other ways to generate ideas
- Ways of collecting and keeping ideas
- Lecture 7: Recap, finding ideas
- Using Hemingway as a starting point!
Developing ideas
- Story structure
- Evaluating ideas
- Openings
- Endings
- Quiz: Developing ideas
Getting it down: the first draft
- What is drafting and how does it work?
- Writing a first draft of your story
- Finding a writing process
- Drafting recap and exercise
Getting it good: the redrafting and polishing process
- Redrafting your story
- More thoughts on story structure
- Writing great dialogue
- Polishing your writing
- How to know when you're finished
- How to know when you're finished - slides version
- Redrafting exercise
Getting it out there: how to get a story published
- Ways of publishing
- Submitting your story
- Dealing with rejection
- Self publishing
- Publishing pro forma - decide on your current publication route
- Getting your work out there - thinking about submissions
Once your work is out there - what next?
- Dealing with feedback and reviews
- Publicising your work
- Keep on keeping on
- A final word
- BONUS lecture - free content and useful links
