by Michelle | Mar 15, 2016 | Achievements, Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Coursera’s ‘The craft of Plot’ is one of five courses in the creative writing category. I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the basics and also to try and get back into the habit of doing a little writing myself. In order to earn this...
by Michelle | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
The final week of The Craft of Plot was all about the editing and revision process (my favourite subject strangely enough). I’m not going to detail this week’s lesson as this is a topic I’d like to tackle in a post of its own (with a view to helping...
by Michelle | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Week two was all about story structure. It discussed Aristotle’s three-act structure (that of a beginning, middle and end) and Horace’s five-act structure, which was further explained as: A: Action B: Background D: Development C: Climax E: Ending[divider]...
by Michelle | Feb 13, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Week one of Coursera’s ‘The Craft of Plot’ discussed the differences between story and plot, the structure of plot (exposition through to denouement) and then turned its attention to the Rising Action that is oh so important in preventing your...
