Other Worlds: Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction

Continue your exploration of Story by writing a fantasy or sci-fi novel.

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Course curriculum

1. 0. Welcome to Other Worlds
1. 1. Other Worlds
2. 2. One Sentence Books
3. 3. The Five Elements
1. 4. Frankenstein's Monsters
2. 5. Ancient Worlds
3. 6. The Price of Otherness
1. 7. World Building
2. 8. Alien Races
3. 9. Bug-Eyed Monsters
1. 10. Uncommon Heroes
2. 11. The Story Goal
3. 12. Sharpening Knaves
4. Unit Test One
1. 13. Unidentified Flying Otherness
2. 14. An Ideal World
3. 15. Ugly Treatment
1. 16. Conflicted
2. 17. Great Lies
3. 18. Crucible
1. 19. The Image of Success
2. 20. This Chapter is a Disaster
3. 21. What a Dilemma
1. 22. Sketching
2. 23. Human Heroes
3. 24. Mirror, Mirror
4. Unit Test Two
1. 25. Bankrupt!
2. 26. The Third Element
3. 27. Coming Home
1. 28. The Two Selves
2. 29. Showing Otherness
3. 30. Characters Who Breathe
1. 31. I Feel Your Pain
2. 32. Wonderama
3. 33. The Power of Principle
4. Unit Test Three
1. 34. Story Beats
2. 35. The Pre-Story World
3. 36. Here There Be Dragons
1. 37. The Golden Age
2. 38. State of Mind
3. 39. Extreme State of Mind
1. 40. Revealing Truth
2. 41. Word Photography
3. 42. Cutting the Thread
1. 43. Images & Concepts
2. 44. Through the Looking Glass
3. 45. Particular Accelerator
4. Unit Test Four
1. 46. Origin Story
2. 47. Edge Dwellers
3. 48. Ordinary Heroes
1. 49. Real Dialogue
2. 50. The Plot Shall Advance
3. 51. Revealing Character
1. 52. Dialogue Tips
2. 53. Causation
3. 54. Utopia
1. 55. Pacing Action
2. 56. Focusing Action
3. 57. Dark Worlds
4. Unit Test Five
1. 58. Wordsmiths & Storytellers
2. 59. Literary Symbols
3. 60. Death by a Thousand Lies
1. 61. Joymakers
2. 62. Overwriting
3. 63. Dual Purpose
1. 64. Deus Ex Machina
2. 65. Writing Your Self
3. 66. Swords and Sandals
1. 67. The Story as Parable
2. 68. A Frayed Knot
3. 69. Loss is More
1. 70. Ye Olde Mistakes
2. 71. Turning Points
3. 72. Growing Things
4. Unit Test Six

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79 lessons
14.5 hours of video content

Other Worlds: Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction

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