Get ready to launch your brain into the outer space of your creativity. Play science fiction writing games to get fueled up, learn tactical writing tips, and then write four action-packed short stories.
Your student will:
- Write 4 short science fiction stories
- Craft unique characters that feel alive
- Present settings that you can actually feel
- Construct suspenseful plots that delight
- Learn the top 5 tips for improving sentence structure
- Follow a checklist to make grammatically correct sentences
Course Outline
This course was designed to be completed in 8 weeks, but you can complete it at your own pace, treating each week as a separate unit.
- Week 1: Introduction to Science Fiction
- Week 2: Showing, Instead of Telling
- Week 3: Creating Interesting Characters Part 1
- Week 4: Creating Interesting Characters Part 2
- Week 5: Developing Believable Worlds Part 1
- Week 6: Developing Believable Worlds Part 2
- Week 7: Designing an Interesting Plot
- Week 8: Editing Short Stories