The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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The most comprehensive and unique Fiction Writing course ever created, grounded in Narrative Theory, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, and Narrative Craft. A course for serious writers to learn how all of their tools function in plain English with concrete examples from great literature of all types.
11:44Lesson 35. Objects in the Storyworld│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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11:04Lesson 40. Connecting Clauses│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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9:53Lesson 38. Reader Sensitivity│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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12:24Lesson 42. Direction and Movement│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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6:55Lesson 47. All the Text We Cannot See│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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23:17Lesson 34. A Sense of Place│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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16:16Lesson 33. Spatialization│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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15:06Lesson 46. A Philosophy of Prose│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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13:19Lesson 39. The Base Clause│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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14:50Lesson 41. Loose Modifiers│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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14:48Lesson 49. Rules of Discourse│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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12:50Lesson 15. The Narrator: A Primer│The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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8:06Lesson 5. Changes of State, Part I │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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7:16Lesson 14. Putting It All Together │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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22:31Lesson 13. Time: Duration │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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14:36Lesson 12. Time: Order │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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14:50Lesson 11. Possible Worlds, Dilemma & Conflict │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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13:25Lesson 10. The Plot Thickens (Because of Course It Does) │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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25:02Lesson 9. A Plot or Not: Grammatical Stories │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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16:37Lesson 8. Suspense (or Cognitive Magnetism) │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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24:07Lesson 7. What Changes Are Interesting (and Why) │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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6:51Lesson 6. Changes of State, Part II │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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6:34Lesson 4. A Dynamic Storyworld │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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2:36Lesson 3. The Plot: A Primer │The Mechanics of Fiction Writing
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