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| Creative Writing Phase II |
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By Asha Francis
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| This workshop is aimed at those who have already gone through the basics of creative writing. We will now delve deeper in to the realm of writing fiction. At the end of it, you will have the skeleton of your first story ready. We would also encourage a reading session of the work of aspiring writers within the group. |
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Workshop details |
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Date: Saturday, 12 November
Time: 11.30 a.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Venue: British Library, Bangalore
Age group: 18 years and above
No. of participants: 15
Registration Fees: 1500/- for members and 2000/- for non members |
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Workshop plan |
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| Ice Breaker |
Introduction
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Powerful opening lines. How do we create them? |
60 minutes |
| Idea Generation |
- Idea generation
- Shopping list activity and discussion |
2 hours |
| Character Designing Exercises |
- Pull them out of real life and hand them over to fiction
- Characters through photos
- Character abduction |
60 minutes |
| Readings |
- Your own work
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30 minutes |
| Plot Development |
What’ a plot?
- A series of events
- A bunch of turning points
- A consequential beginning, middle and end |
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| Dialogue and Setting |
- Vocabulary of Description
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Makes sense to use your senses
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Convert situation to Dialogue
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Chop Chop Chop
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Real or Realistic? |
2 hours |
| Finale |
- All is well that ends well
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60 minutes |
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| About the trainer: Asha Francis has over 8 years of experience in teaching. A qualified and experienced English teacher, with an MA in English and an M. Phil in comparative literature, she has taught at some of the renowned colleges in India. Asha was amongst the 15 people across India, selected for a workshop for Teachers of Creative Writing, which was organized and sponsored by the British Council. An ardent lover of English and Malayalam literature, she also does translation of literary works in both the languages. Currently, she works with Hewlett Packard as a Training Lead. A writer in fiction, her work has appeared in Ripples (an anthology of short stories by Indian Women Writers, published by APK publishers). Her stories will appear in one of the Chicken Soup series, to be published in September 2011. She is currently working on a collaborative novel to be published by the end of this year. |
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| For registrations, contact 080 - 22489220 or email us at [email protected] |
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| Hone you writing skills! |
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| Registration is on a first-come first-served basis |
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