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Dr. Carol Oliver
SPACE Preceptor
Analyzing how fiction works from a writer's perspective
Carol writes fiction (mostly science fiction and fantasy with strong mystery elements) and selected non-fiction.
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Creative Writing: Start Writing Mysteries!
Mixed Lecture/Discussion Medium intensity
So you think you'd like to write a mystery, but it seems overwhelming? Join us to examine the essential elements of a murder mystery: a setting, a sleuth, a murder victim, the murder method, a cast of suspects, the cast who assist the sleuth in investigating and solving the murder, as well as lists ...
Year of the Novel: Creative Writing Series Non-Sequential Series
Discussion-based High intensity
Are you ready for an adventure in writing? The Year of the Novel provides support, in depth practice of the writing craft, and encouraging feedback for your story (even if it's not a novel). One cluster of modules is for Seedling Stories, just in their beginning stages; one is for Sapling Stories ...
- Creative Writing: Character & Voice (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Plot & Structure (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Setting & Worldbuilding (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Workshop (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Anatomy of a Scene (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Emotional Stakes (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Discovering Novel Revision (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Workshop (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: The Different Body Problem (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Late-Stage Revisions (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Tree Workshop (Year of the Novel)
- Creative Writing: Author Career Thinking and Publishing Paths (Year of the Novel)