Capstone: Your Story
Complete a polished original story through intensive writing and revision with peer feedback.Capstone: Your Story
Complete a polished original story through intensive writing and revision with peer feedback.Capstone: Your Story
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full Creative Writing Specialization program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Complete an original story or essay manuscript
Master intensive revision techniques
Develop effective peer review skills
Understand the publication process
Create a polished final literary work
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
2.9 Hours PreRecorded video
Multiple peer review assignments
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There are 7 modules in this course
This intensive capstone course guides writers through the complete process of creating an original story, narrative essay, or memoir. Students develop a substantial piece of 8-15 pages while learning professional revision techniques and workshop skills. The curriculum includes composition strategies, peer review methods, and publishing insights from successful authors. Through structured workshops and expert guidance, participants transform their initial drafts into polished final works.
Introduction to the Capstone and Gathering Materials
Module 1 · 23 Minutes to complete
Composition Strategies
Module 2 · 36 Minutes to complete
Finishing the First Draft
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Peer Review
Module 4 · 47 Minutes to complete
Using Critique and Sanding
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
Rewriting and Publication
Module 6 · 33 Minutes to complete
Where to Go From Here?
Module 7 · 1 Hours to complete
Instructor
Award-Winning Novelist and Distinguished Creative Writing Professor
Salvatore Scibona serves as the Frank B. Weeks Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Wesleyan University, bringing recognition as a Guggenheim Fellow and National Book Award finalist for his novel "The End." Named one of The New Yorker's "20 Under 40: Fiction Writers to Watch" in 2010, he has significantly influenced contemporary American literature. His experience includes directing the writing fellowship program at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and establishing their online writing workshop program, demonstrating his commitment to nurturing emerging writers while maintaining his own distinguished literary career.
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