Specialization in novel writing

Course summary

• U1: Introduction

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Gustavo Rodríguez

  • Influences | Abril Posas

  • Influences | Cristina López Barrio 1

  • Influences | Cristina López Barrio 2

  • Influences | Charlie Becerra

• U2: Creative Writing Techniques: Move Your Readers

  • Why is writing an art?

  • Writing as a process

  • Inspiration and choosing a story

  • Story basics

  • Story basics 1

  • Story basics 2

  • Character building

  • The creation of the written artifice

  • Sensory elements that provide

  • The correction

  • Publication of your text

• U3: Writing Short Stories and Novels from Scratch

  • Why Do We Tell Stories?

  • The Shape of Stories

  • The Seed of Storytelling and the Map of the Greenhouse

  • History, History, Are You There?

  • Narrator, Journey, and Creation of a World

  • Action and Structure

  • The Story Test

  • If Your Result Is a Story, It's Time to Write It Down!

  • If Your Result Is Novel, What Do You Expect?

  • The Writer's Routine: Write, Correct, Publish, and Write Again

• U4: Writing a Novel Step by Step

  • Materials 1

  • Materials 2

  • Imagination 1

  • Imagination 2

  • Looking for Us 1

  • Looking for Us 2

  • Theme, Idea and Plot 1

  • Theme, Idea and Plot 2

  • Theme, Idea and Plot 3

  • Characters: Construction or Possession 1

  • Characters: Construction or Possession 2

  • The Conflict

  • Of Narrators and Gods 1

  • Of Narrators and Gods 2

  • Objects

  • Space

  • Time

  • Time Jumps: Narrative Form and Tension

  • Our Novel Scheme

  • A Good Start

  • Everything Is Possible If You Fit Into the Created World

• U5: Character Creation for Novels

  • What is a character?

  • Where can a character come from?

  • Character Creation 1

  • Character Creation 2

  • Objective and conflict

  • Character introduction

  • Dramatic Roles and Archetypes

  • Characters in action

  • The place and the object 1

  • The place and the object 2

  • The point of view

  • Seriality: second lives of the characters or sequels

• U6: Writing a Detective Novel

  • What is a detective novel?

  • The storyline

  • The "detective"

  • The enigma

  • The suspects and the clues

  • The timeline

  • Subplots

  • The title of your novel

  • The first scene

  • The investigation

  • The last fifty pages

  • Keep focus

  • The creative block

• Final project

  • Specialization in novel writing