Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description
Master the art of creating vivid, persuasive settings and descriptions in fiction writing.Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description
Master the art of creating vivid, persuasive settings and descriptions in fiction writing.Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description
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
Master techniques for sensory description
Develop research skills for authentic settings
Create compelling fictional worlds
Craft meaningful, significant details
Apply setting techniques across genres
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
2.2 Hours PreRecorded video
4 peer review assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course teaches aspiring writers how to create compelling, concrete settings in fiction. Students learn techniques for crafting sharp, sensory details and building credibility through research. The curriculum covers persuasive description, significant detail, research methods, and genre-specific setting development. Through creative meditation exercises and study of master writers, participants develop skills to deepen their story worlds and engage readers through vivid, believable settings.
Persuasive Settings: Why Description Matters
Module 1 · 2 Hours to complete
If You Build It, They Will Come
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Credibility and Research
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Realities
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Award-Winning Novelist and Creative Writing Educator
Amity Gaige is an acclaimed American novelist and creative writing instructor at Yale University. Her literary portfolio includes four celebrated novels: "O My Darling," "The Folded World," "Schroder," and "Sea Wife." Her work has garnered significant recognition, with "Schroder" being shortlisted for the Folio Prize in 2014 and "Sea Wife" selected as a New York Times Notable Book in 2020. As a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction, her work has been translated into 18 languages and has earned critical acclaim from major literary publications. Her novels explore complex themes of family, identity, and relationships, drawing praise for their poetic style and narrative intensity. Beyond her writing, she contributes to the development of emerging writers through her teaching at Yale University, where she serves as a Lecturer in English. Her accomplishments also include a Fulbright Fellowship and residencies at prestigious writers' colonies including MacDowell and Yaddo.
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