Course curriculum
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Welcome to the course!
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Welcome
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Before we begin...
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Into the Unknown
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1. Other Worlds
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— Lesson 1: Text
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2. One-Sentence Books
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— Lesson 2: Text
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3. The Five Elements
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— Lesson 3: Text
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World Building
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4. Frankenstein's Monsters
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—Lesson 4: Text
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5. Ancient Worlds
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— Lesson 5: Text
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6. The Price of Otherness
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— Lesson 6: Text
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7. World Building
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— Lesson 7: Text
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8. Alien Races
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— Lesson 8: Text
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9. Bug-Eyed Monsters
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— Lesson 9: Text
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Five Elements of Story
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10. Uncommon Heroes
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— Lesson 10: Text
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11. The Story Goal
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— Lesson 11: Text
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12. Sharpening Knaves
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— Lesson 12: Text
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13. Unidentified Flying Otherness
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— Lesson 13: Text
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14. An Ideal World
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— Lesson 14: Text
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15. Ugly Treatment
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— Lesson 15: Text
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Structure
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16. Conflicted
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— Lesson 16: Text
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17. Great Lies
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— Lesson 17: Text
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18. Crucible
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— Lesson 18: Text
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19. The Image of Success
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— Lesson 19: Text
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20. This Chapter Is a Disaster
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— Lesson 20: Text
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21. What a Dilemma
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— Lesson 21: What a Dilemma
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Back to Reality
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22. Sketching
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— Lesson 22: Text
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Next steps
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Welcome to the One Year Novel
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How to Use the One Year Novel
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1. The Heroic Quest
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— Lesson 1: Text
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2. Point of View
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3. The Synopsis
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— Lesson 3: Text
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Quiz 1: The Big Picture
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One Year Novel coupon
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Other Worlds
Master the art of speculative fiction
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Learn the history and theories behind the world's most influential genres
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Discover how to tell which ideas will work in a story and which ones won't
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Explore the key concept of "otherness" in world-building
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The included video lessons, text lessons, reading excerpts and workbook questions will all help you to examine your own ideas critically
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Your Instructor
Author / Instructor
Daniel Schwabauer