The characters don’t seem vivid enough and the details too boring? Does the style limp along with your imagination?
Then you and I are on our way.
In your group you will find like-minded people, be able to communicate with other project participants and the master reviewer – a professional writer and your personal consultant.
Your group supervisor will become your main helper and help you to understand all the nuances of learning.
You will receive reviews of your assignments, and if you wish, you will be able to discuss your texts with your classmates.
Who the course is suitable for
This project is created for those who want to write in a corny, stylistically bright and without boring cliches;
If you already write prose or are just beginning to do so, and you want to add new colors to your writing palette;
If you want to get feedback from readers and professional critics and learn your strengths and weaknesses;
If you want to learn more not only about the mechanisms of text, but also about the most striking examples of good style in world literature.
Course Program
1 WEEK
WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS BAD
Hemingwayian clarity versus Nabokovian complexity. The pros and cons of each option. How can we tell the difference between graffomania and originality?
WEEK 2.
YOUR STYLISTIC ARSENAL.
Metaphors, epithets, metonymies, synecdoches, and other litotes. How do you make use of all this wealth?
WEEK 3.
BEGINNING AND ENDING
An unexpected beginning and a strong ending are essential to a good text.
The description of the man. Emerald eyes, crimson lips, rounded shapes, and other unforgiving compote.
4 WEEKEND.
TO CHASE, TO HOLD, TO TWIST, TO OFFEND.
The verb kingdom. All about movement, action, and interaction. Nature. Who needs these Christmas trees and daisies in the 21st century anyway? What’s inside of us? Learning to describe the inner state, thoughts and emotions of a character.
WEEK 5
ABOUT LOVE
Why is it so difficult to write about love and why is it impossible to do without this very love? Sex and all its literary complexities. How to avoid the Bad Sex Award?
WEEK 6.
THE MATERIALIZATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE
How do we make even the most boring and inanimate things come alive? How to speed up or slow down a text?
7 WEEK
THE ART OF EDITING AND SELF-EDITING
How to look at your text through someone else’s eyes? How do you turn a professional editor into a friend and ally?