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Writing requires, above all, persistence. And being able to bounce back from rejection and other setbacks requires resilience. This course will give you a toolkit for resilience as a writer, including methods drawn from various sources, such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)*, Taoism, and decoloniality. * I am not a therapist. I only present techniques […]
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This course, designed for prose writers, gives you the foundation to write lyrical, lush prose by going over the craft of poetry. Even if you never write a poem, knowing how the components of a poem fit together will help you on the atomic level of crafting your sentences. Under construction. Changelog December 6, 2022 […]
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“Accessibility” is the concept of removing the barriers that prevent people from participating in a space or activity. But how do you determine what barriers exist, and how to dismantle them? This course will walk you through some questions you can ask yourself and methods you can use to address accessibility gaps in your spaces. […]
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This course will introduce you to the concept of “social media hygiene,” which is a combination of setting & enforcing boundaries, awareness of privacy & safety issues, knowing how to use tools to manage your data, and general best practices for social media etiquette. Under construction. Changelog December 6, 2022 | v0.1.0 Course Information Estimated […]
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Yes, you. Not a complete course that’ll take you from nothing to conversational, but tools and tips for learning Chinese. In development. Course Information Estimated Time: Under construction (0 words currently available) Difficulty: Introduction Tracks: Learn Chinese Categories: Language Acquisition Tags: Chinese Course Instructor Author This course does not have any sections.
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Worldbuilding, as presented by a sociolinguist. Learn to create rich, lived-in worlds that have a sense of depth to them. Changelog December 5, 2022 | v0.1.0 Course Information Estimated Time: Under construction (0 words currently available) Difficulty: Introduction Tracks: Craft, Representation Categories: Writing Tags: Worldbuilding Course Instructor Author This course does not have any sections.
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This course will contain frameworks and tools for exploring, researching, and representing your own heritage, for people of all racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. In development. Changelog December 5, 2022 | v0.1.0 Course Information Estimated Time: Under construction (0 words currently available) Difficulty: Introduction Tracks: Representation Categories: Writing Tags: Heritage Course Instructor Author Sociopolitics 1 […]
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Growing as a writer means constantly introspecting on yourself, your writing, and your processes to see where you can improve or try things differently. But how do you guide that introspection? What questions should you ask yourself? This course aims to provide a framework for self-introspection. I use the term “self-scrutiny” as a synonym for […]
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In this course, you will learn the basics of a framework called “narrative math” for analyzing and telling stories. You will also learn about a framework called “narrative music” that will give you tools to create stories based not on conflict, but on rendering emotional resonances and symbolic dualities. CC BY-SA Cascade: An introduction to […]
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In this course, you will learn how to write with neopronouns, such as e and xe. You will also learn about nonbinary genders and experiences and how to determine whether a story is high-context or low-context. CC BY-SA Introduction to Neopronouns by S. Qiouyi Lu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. […]
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