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Class Description
Each person, and each writer, has a unique way of seeing and experiencing life. Each writer also has a unique style, or "voice," a one-of-a-kind way of expressing herself. Yet it takes practice and skill to allow that voice to come through in your writing. What makes your writing authentic, real, and uniquely yours? Find out in this six-week exploration and discovery of your personal expression.
Class Outline
- Unit 1: Defining and identifying the elements of "voice." What makes someone's voice unique? "It's all about you."
- Unit 2: The power of emotion. Writing exercise: Writing from emotion & passion/Identifying your life metaphors.
- Unit 3: Challenging Preconceptions. Writing inside and outside your box: discover your borders.
- Unit 4: Risk Taking. Writing exercise: At your worst.
- Unit 5: Different Voices for Different Characters: Choosing Tone & Voice. Writing exercise: Authentic Fiction.
- Unit 6: Wrapping Up. Writing exercise: Final Project: Student's Choice.
Student Skills, Equipment required
Comfortable knowledge of Internet: web surfing, how to post and comment on blogs, email, including how to attach and download documents, word processing, and ability to copy/paste.
Tuition/Fees for this course
SCN members: $0. Non-SCN members: $.
Instructor Bio
Amber Lea Starfire is the publisher and editor of The Writer's Eye Magazine, a freelance editor, writer, and photographer. She earned her M.A. from Stanford University in Education (the design and development of Educational Programs). She has developed a variety of courses for schools and businesses, from one-day to 12-week courses in business and/or system processes, Effective Business Writing, and Journaling for Self-Discovery. She has taught at Foothill Community College in Los Altos California, and has developed coursework and training programs for a variety of business clients.
Praise for Amber's Classes
- Heretofore I knew little about the chakras. I came out of this course feeling quite knowledgeable and experienced and with greater insights. I feel that each of the course members are my new friends. Amber Starfire's guidance was excellent and her responses to my/our journaling and conversation was insightful, explanatory and thoughtful. I felt that we were in really good hands. Amber is full of wisdom and understanding, as are the other members of the group. We were able to counsel each other and to share our knowledge about related subjects as time went on, and I learned much from other course members. I highly recommend this course. —PJ P., Austin TX
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