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This course on, Effortlessly Manage Your Relationship with your Reader is a course that will help you understand your reader’s point of view and help you organize your writing
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About this Course
The blank page can be the most daunting obstacle in writing. In this course, aspiring writers will assemble a “starter kit” for approaching the blank page by developing constructive ways to think about the writing process as a whole.
While subsequent courses in this series will focus on the mechanics of good writing, this course, Effortlessly Manage Your Relationship with your Reader offers ways to think about the writer’s relationship to her material, and ultimately develop a writing style that is uniquely her own.
Syllabus
WEEK 1
1 hour to complete
The Art of the Frame: Giving Context to Memories
This week you will learn to identify aspects of the writing process that experienced writers can afford to take for granted. In this, course Effortlessly Manage Your Relationship with your Reader we will address questions of structure, strategy, and methods—the necessary elements for any good blueprint for writing.
4 videos (Total 17 min)
WEEK 2
1 hour to complete
Effortlessly Manage Your Relationship with your Reader: Avatar: The Messenger is the Message
3 videos (Total 13 min)
WEEK 3
1 hour to complete
Diegesis and the Extradiagetic Frame: Two Trains Running in Effortlessly Manage Your Relationship with your Reader
4 videos (Total 19 min)
WEEK 4
1 hour to complete
Profiling: Our Relationship to the People in Our Work
4 videos (Total 17 min)
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Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, is a diverse, energetic liberal arts community where critical thinking and practical idealism go hand in hand. With our distinctive scholar-teacher culture, creative programming, and commitment to interdisciplinary learning, Wesleyan challenges students to explore new ideas and change the world. Our graduates go on to lead and innovate in a wide variety of industries, including government, business, entertainment, and science.
