Course curriculum

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