Creative Writing: Constraint and Creativity

Module 13 - Event Contents:

Oulipo

SCAMPER

5 P’s of Creativity

In this workshop we'll look at the Oulipo movement and what it's constraints can teach us.

We will also look at the SCAMPER technique for generating and amalgamating ideas.

Can creativity be harnessed? We look at the fundamentals of the creative process.

Module 1: Introduction to Creative Writing, Rules & PURPOSE

Module 2: What is a Novel & Genre

Module 3: Metrics, Motivation & Productivity

Module 4: Plot

Module 5: Character

Module 6: Defamiliarization & NLP

Module 7: Dialogue

Module 8: World Building

Module 9: Language Building

Module 10: Concept Mapping

Module 11: Narrative Positioning & Description over Exposition

Module 12: Suspense, Tension, Hooks & Cliffhangers & LOCK

Module 13: Constraint and Creativity

Module 14: Word Choice

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