Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Distinguish between plot and story
• Show, rather than tell, by using specific details, naming nouns and strong, active verbs
• Develop scenes
• Create believable characters through description, action, scene, and dialogue
• Establish and sustain a point of view
• Create and sustain tension
• Control sentence structure, length and word choice to create a particular tone and mood
• Critique, revise, and edit works in progress