Fiction Writing 101 and Beyond

Craft from fundamentals to advanced technique

This course moves from the basics of writing into more advanced technique at a university level. Its topics include dialogue, subtext, antiheroes and the pitfalls of building magic systems, and the principles are presented as travelling across genres even though the examples lean toward fantasy and science fiction.

Standout topics

• Subtext, the layer of meaning beneath what characters actually say
• Developing antiheroes who still hold the reader's attention
• Magic systems and the ways they can go wrong on the page

Who it suits

Advanced writers and genre authors working in fantasy or science fiction will find the most direct value here. Writers in other genres can still get a lot from the dialogue and character material, since the craft carries over.