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Shaping Longform Fiction with Claire Thomas
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Claire Thomas (2:05)
Part One: The Foundations of Shaping Longform Fiction
Introduction (4:16)
Story. Storytelling. Plot.
Aristotle’s Poetics
Exercise: Pondering Poetics
Three-Act and Five-Act Structure
The Archetype: Seven Basic Plots
Questions of Conflict and Scale
Exercise: Desire as Conflict
Beyond the Narrative Arc: Meander, Spiral, Explode
Time and Space (10:08)
Part Two: Multiple Methods to Manipulate Longform Fiction
Literal Journeys
Writing Exercise: Journey Brainstorm
The Event as Propulsion or Destination
Exercise: Organising Principles in Life and Art
Other Forms Inside the Novel
Linked Stories (1:34)
The Novel of Fragments
Whereabouts
Exercise: Index Cards
Introduction to Oulipo
Georges Perec
Exercise: Oulipo ‘I remember’
Summary of Multiple Methods to Manipulate Longform Fiction (4:44)
Part Three: Zadie and Sheila
Introduction to Zadie Smith
Transitions Through Point of View – White Teeth
Overcoming the Anxiety of Influence – On Beauty
Overcoming the Anxiety of Influence – Responses to Existing Texts
Exercise: Book Brainstorm
That Crafty Feeling
Introduction to Sheila Heti
Order and Randomness – Alphabetized Diary project
Multiplicity of Form – How Should a Person Be? (2:37)
Multiplicity of Form – Motherhood
Exercise: Decision-making Through Using a Coin (3:15)
Course Conclusion
Reference List – Shaping Longform Fiction
The End! (0:54)
Feedback
Thank you
Other Forms Inside the Novel
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