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Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel III

WRITING X 416.3E

Continue your sci-fi or fantasy novel in progress in this workshop designed to help you deepen knowledge of craft as you create new pages. 

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Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Write up to 50 additional pages of your science fiction or fantasy novel in progress
  • Learn to push through the challenging middle portion of your novel
  • Focus on craft tools like worldbuilding, scenecraft, and character development
  • Find innovative points of entry and framing for your scenes

About this course:

For writers with a minimum of 50 pages of a science fiction and fantasy novel-in-progress, this workshop guides them to generate 50 additional pages. Writers often experience lack of direction or stamina at this middle stage in their novel. This workshop thus focuses on craft tools orbiting subjects such as worldbuilding, infodump-hiding, scenecraft and character development to enter scenes in fresh, inspiring ways. This craft-heavy course emphasizes prompts, exercises and games to help writers rotate their scenes and find innovative points of entry and framing. Writers will complete the workshop with an additional 50 pages, as well as a more robust arsenal of craft skills particularly useful for science fiction and fantasy works.
Prerequisites
WRITING X 416.2E Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel II. No exceptions. 

Spring 2025 Schedule

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Wednesday 5:00PM - 8:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens February 03, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Henry Lien
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Fee:
$720.00
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Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required. 

This course is held via video teleconference. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation. Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.

Refund Deadline
Refunds only available from February 03, 2025 to April 13, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to access course materials.
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
(Optional) Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff Vandermeer
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Wed Apr 2, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed Apr 9, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed Apr 16, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed Apr 23, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed Apr 30, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed May 7, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed May 14, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed May 21, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed May 28, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Wed Jun 4, 2025
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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