Level 100: Foundations
Our foundation level courses are designed to provide just that … a foundation for writing Speculative Fiction. They will provide instruction on essential, fundamental skills in an e-learning environment that you can experience at your own pace as well as interaction with others in your course to help polish your skills.
100: Quest for Fire — Seminar Sampler
Seizing the Creative Spark and bringing it to a state of meaning.
If you’re wondering what Scribe’s Forge workshops are like, you might try our introductory seminar at our introductory price! This is the exact same seminar that comprises the introduction first unit of our five-week 101 seminar offered below. It includes modules on:
- Introduction to the course
- The Mission: Why do we Write Speculative Fiction? An examination of the partnership between the writer and the reader.
It is an introduction to the writing craft of Speculative Fiction with an emphasis on Fantasy and Science-Fiction that includes an exploration of Speculative Fiction in its many forms. The included module discusses the creative relationship between the writer and the reader and how meaning is derived from text. This course is created and narrated personally by Tracy and Laura Hickman. This sample introduction to the 101 course includes online coursework presentation by the instructors and quiz.
Course Tuition: $6.95 US
Prerequisite: None
Availability: NOW AVAILABLE
101: Foundations on Speculative Writing
An introduction to the writing craft of Speculative Fiction with an emphasis on Fantasy and Science-Fiction. This is a five-week course created by Tracy and Laura Hickman. Subscription to this course includes online video coursework presentation by the instructors, peer-review workshop during each week by other course members, secure online forum for review dialogue and downloaded course workbook.
Course Tuition: $59.00 US
Prerequisite: None
Availability: Spring 2011
Curriculum:
Week 1: The Quest for Fire — Seizing the Creative Spark
- We begin with an exploration of Speculative Fiction in its many forms. Emphasis is on techniques for how and where one can search for and discover that ‘spark’ of an idea on which a Speculative Story is founded.
Week 2: Epic Story is Structure
- We take the epic journey of Joseph Cambells monomyth as it relates to Speculative Fiction … and the structural foundations on which story is classically formed.
Week 3: Eight Archetype Characters
- This week we take a look at basic characters … the building blocks of a complete story.
Week 4: Forging the World
- You say you have a universe where your story takes place? You say it doesn’t feel quite right? Well, help is on the way! Techniques and tools designed to help you whip your strange universe into shape and get it properly supporting your story.
Week 5: How are my Englush?
- We finish our foundation work in Speculative Fiction by addressing the most important part … the art and pratic of communicating your vision to the reader.
102: Web Like the Dickens
Want to write your novel and be PAID while you’re doing it? Forget those piles of rejection slips from traditional publishers — and adopt a modern take on the same method that made Charles Dickens a literary giant and brought Sherlock Holmes to life!
“Web Like the Dickens’ not only chronicles Tracy and Laura’s own journey to become independent publishers of their own books online but provides you with their step-by-step workbook guide to creating your own profitable publication of your novel in serial format on the internet.
Learn EXACTLY how they built ‘dragonsbard.com‘ and build your own self-publishing serial novel website in the process at minimal cost and with a great potential upside.
Our workbook will take you step by step through setting up your own online publishing empire. And, if you purchase the essential software through us, we’ll even give you a big discount on the workbook price!
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What is the deadline for entry and signing up for the course?
At this time, only the Course 100: Quest for Fire — Seminar Sampler is available. This is the sample our our eLearning course which you purchase right now. It is entirely self contained and self directed.
We anticipat the full Course 101 to be available this fall as we are spending our summer polishing and programing the course. We’ll let you know as soon as that is ready for your participation.
Will this be the same for the 200 and 300 level courses??
We are largely concentrating on getting the level 100 courses up and running for the time being. We are anticipating the level 200 courses in the spring of 2011 and the level 300 course by the fall.