Before you start
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Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: The story
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2 THE STORY: INTRODUCTION
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2.1 DEFINITIONS: PREMISE, THEME AND PLOT TYPES
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Exercise 2.1: Premises
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Exercise 2.1: How did you get on?
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2.2 GETTING STARTED
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Exercise 2.2: 'Snow White'
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Exercise 2.2: How did you get on?
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Exercise 2.2.1: How did you get on?
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Exercise 2.2.2: How did you get on?
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Exercise 2.2.3: How did you get on?
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Exercise 2.2.4: How did you get on?
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2.3 THE PLOT: THE BEGINNING
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Exercise 2.3: Plot beginnings
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Exercise 2.3: How did you get on?
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2.4 THE PLOT: THE MIDDLE
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Exercise 2.4: Plot middles
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Exercise 2.4: How did you get on?
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2.5 THE PLOT: THE END
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Exercise 2.5.1: 'The Last and Longest Story'
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Exercise 2.5.1: How did you get on?
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Exercise 2.5.2: Epilogues
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Exercise 2.5.2: How did you get on?
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2.6 CONCLUSIONS
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Exercise 2.6: Shortcomings
Unit 3: Author's voice and style
Unit 4: Points of view
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4 POINTS OF VIEW: INTRODUCTION
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4.1 DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW
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4.2 FIRST PERSON
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Exercise 4.2: 'The Disappearance of James H___'
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Exercise 4.2: How did you get on?
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4.3 THIRD PERSON LIMITED
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Exercise 4.3: 'The Last Shift'
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Exercise 4.3: How did you get on?
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4.4 THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
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Exercise 4.4: 'The Boy who loved Death'
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Exercise 4.4: How did you get on?
Unit 5: Dialogue
Unit 6: Consistency
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6 CONSISTENCY: INTRODUCTION
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6.1 PLOT, TIMELINE AND SETTING
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Exercise 6.1: 'The Key'
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Exercise 6.1: How did you get on?
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6.2 CHARACTER
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Exercise 6.2: 'The Secret Garden'
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Exercise 6.2: How did you get on?
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6.3 LANGUAGE
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Exercise 6.3: 'The White Beast'
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Exercise 6.3: How did you get on?
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6.4 SERIES
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Exercise 6.4.1: 'Search for the Sage'
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Exercise 6.4.1: How did you get on?
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Exercise 6.4.2: 'Tunnel at World's End'
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Exercise 6.4.2: How did you get on?
Unit 7: Putting it all together
Unit 8: Final exercise
Course completion
