Popular Fiction Certificate Program

Description

UW Extension is pleased to offer the Popular Fiction I Writers Certificate Program in an intensive, two-days-a-week format on the UW campus in Seattle (the program is also offered in a nine-month format in downtown Seattle).

Designed for those who wish to complete the certificate in just over three months, the Winter Intensive program meets two evenings per week. Popular fiction of all types (mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy and thriller) is the backbone of the commercial fiction industry. If you want to write a novel in any of these genres, the program—with its emphasis on creating a strong plot and powerful senes that motivate readers to find out what happens next—is for you.

The intensive program is taught by James Thayer, a veteran author who has written twelve published novels. The program uses lectures, exercises, readings and assignments to help you craft each section of your own novel: the beginning, the middle and the end. You will gain tools to find appropriate stories, develop three-dimensional main and seondary characters, construct a suspensful and complicated storyline, write believable dialogue and revise your work. Notable guest authors share their insights.

Schedule

January 12, 2009 - April 20, 2009

• Mon 6:00p.m.-9:30p.m.,
• Thu 6:00p.m.-9:30p.m.

Pricing Details

The certificate program is $1,725.

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