Course curriculum
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1
Introduction to Mrs. Krichbaum & the Course
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Zoom link for Live Class
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Zoom Mondays starting Jan 2023
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Week 1: Brainstorm
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Writing Process & Idea Book 2022 recording
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OPTIONAL: Idea Sheets for Short Stories
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OPTIONAL: Fables & Classic Stories in Movies/TV
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Week 2: Five Story Ideas
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Turning Lists into 5 Story Ideas—2022
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OPTIONAL: The Bible Project on Design Patterns
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Week 3: Choosing the One Story
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Focusing on One Story—2022
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Write a "Logline"
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Week 4: Focus & Story Description (+ Suggested Draft Deadline)
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Loglines, Focus, & Suggested Deadline—2022
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Week 5: Setting, Drafting a Setting Paragraph
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Loglines in Mock Trial, Setting, & Drafting a Setting Paragraph—2022
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OPTIONAL: The Bible Project on Setting
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Online Thesaurus
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RTF Plot Outline
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Week 6: Character, Shoes, Surprise Beginnings
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Character's Shoes & Surprise Beginnings—2022
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OPTIONAL: The Bible Project on Character
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OPTIONAL: Find the Adjectives
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OPTIONAL: Add Paragraph Breaks
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Week 7: Character + Overview of Rest of Semester
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Character Archetypes & More Decisions to Make—2022
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SURVEY—Which Word Processor?
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Week 8: Plot
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OPTIONAL: The Bible Project on Plot
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Freytag's Pyramid, Modern Structure/Outline, Word Processing—2022
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OPTIONAL: Plot & Structure book
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OPTIONAL: Paragraph about Sound
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OPTIONAL: Link to Short Story Anthologies
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RTF Plot Outline
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Week 9: Plot Checklists
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Plot Checklists & Sample Student Story—2022
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OPTIONAL: Esther by The Bible Project--Great Example of Good Storytelling 9:13
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Download Plot Checklist
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Week 10: Completing Your First Draft
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Writing dialogue, Getting your draft done, & Preparing for peer review
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Style
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Stylistic Choices Checklist
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OPTIONAL: Links to Literary Devices Websites
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Week 11: Preparing for Peer Review
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Levels of Editing, Formatting, Asking Questions, Learning to Love Edits—2022
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Week 12: Dialogue
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Punctuating Dialogue, Copyediting for American Standard English—and MORE!
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OPTIONAL: Quote on Conciseness
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OPTIONAL: Short Story Driven by Dialogue
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Examples of Punctuating Dialogue
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Week 13: Preparing Your Manuscript
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2022 PART 1—Unformatting
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2022 PART 2—Unformatting, Illustrations, About the Author
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Preparing Your Document
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DIRECTORS: Notes on Publishing Trade Books
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DIRECTORS: Sample Front Matter
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Images, About the Author & Formatting
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Finding Images
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About the Author Template & Examples
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About the Author 2021 Examples from Feat
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Formatting in MS Word & Audio Recording Secrets - April 20, 2021
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For PARENTS: Rubric
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Rubric for Grading
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April 18, 2022 Q&A + Self-Publishing
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Questions about Formatting & Submitting PLUS Self-Publishing Insider Information
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Self-Publishing
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OPTIONAL: Some Self-Publishing Printing Options
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OPTIONAL: Audiobooks
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April 25, 2022 Q&A
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Q&A plus Mrs. Krichbaum's Secret Plan
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Contest
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How to Submit Your Story
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Waiver Form
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Standards of Excellence
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