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Introduction to Fiction Writing


Adult Programs / Professional Development -
Adult Online Professional & Personal Development Spring/Summer 2024

Find your pathway towards your fiction writing goals. Learn the basic building blocks of story: character, plot and setting. Find out the different forms of fiction writing and some of the genres you might like to explore.

 Class Detials:

Unit 1: The building blocks of story
  • Character
  • Conflict
  • Setting
  • Plot and story structure
  • Short story versus novel
  • Who are we writing for?
Unit 2: Character and Conflict
  • Protagonists and antagonists
  • Secondary characters
  • Character archetypes
  • Character desires, conflicts and stakes
  • Dialogue
Unit 3: Setting and Plot
  • Contemporary versus fantastical and historical settings
  • Setting as character
  • Three act plot structure and the hero’s journey
  • Time jumps and flashbacks
  • Prologues and epilogues
Unit 4: Putting it all together
  • Strategies for outlining
  • Character-driven versus plot-driven outlines
  • Overcoming writer’s block
  • Researching markets
  • Creating a marketing plan

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Jacqui Lipton

LERN Instructor

Jacqui Lipton specializes in teaching fiction writing and the business of writing to local and national audiences. She holds an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has taught fiction in libraries and community organizations.

Jacqui works as an editor to the writing community. She is a reader for the Young Adult Review Network, as well as interning at a literary agency in New York. She has completed the fiction writing certificate programs at Stanford Online and the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program, as well as majoring in playwrighting in college.

Her short stories and flash fiction have placed in a number of writing contests.

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Virtual Class
Sun-Sat, Jun 3 - Jun 28
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM

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Min Age   16 yr.

$ 195.00
single class