Finding Our Voices, Telling Our Stories: Part I

Within you there dwells an innate sense of storytelling and a unique voice with which to tell your stories. In this course you will explore writing techniques to help you locate and refine the "natural music" of your own voice. Through writing exercises and heavy journaling you will learn how to unearth the stories that want to be told. We will cover the role of conflict in creating stories, setting, description, revision, proofreading, and how to sustain the writing process. Expect to fill pages and pages in your writer's notebook with story seedlings, character sketches, monologues and dialogues, and the frames and foundations for your own personal narrative.

Note: No prerequisite.

Course Number: WCWP-40142
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing

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9/23/2024 - 12/7/2024

$495

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  184826

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Belyea, Cory

  Cory Belyea, M.A., is a college professor, travel writer, explorer, and author. He teaches Finding Our Voices, Telling Our Stories , Developing Unforgettable Characters , and Writers Workshop: Read and Critique for the UC San Diego Extension Creative Writing Certificate Program . His quest to know the world brought him to teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). With over 10 years of diverse teaching experience, his expertise includes multi-genre writing and grammar. In his travelogue, The Pathfinder Diaries , he takes the reader on a wild life-changing odyssey. His words uncover the beauty and injustice of the American continent. His love for the ocean, languages, and the people of Latin America shines bright. Cory brings his exuberance and passion for writing to inspire stud...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 9/27/2024.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $470 ($495 if enrolled after 8/26/2024).
  

• NOTE:

  "This is an online course; all class sessions are taught online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.NO CLASS 11/11 OR THE WEEK OF 11/25-29"

• DATE & LOCATION:

  9/23/2024 - 12/7/2024
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.