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The Compass (One Year Adventure Novel)

by Daniel Schwabauer Author

Curriculum that includes a lesson text book, corresponding video lessons on DVD, a classic adventure novel to read, & lesson worksheet(s) in The Map (the workbook). In nine months you will have produced a structured, compelling adventure. You will have created characters that you- and your readers- genuinely care about. You will have written the adventure of a lifetime. When finished, you may want to submit your novel for publication on the OYAN website to share with the world.

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Resource Type: Book
ISBN: 9780974297255
Print Status: In Print
Lessons: 78
Pages: 312
Suggested Grades: 7th - 12th
Publisher: Clear Water Press
Copyright: 2008

Lessons

1 The Heroic Quest
2 Point of View
3 The Synopsis
4 The Five Elements of Story
5 Someone to Care About
6 Someone to Care About, pt 2
7 Something to Want
8 Something to Want, pt 2
9 Something to Want, pt 3
10 Something to Dread
11 Something to Dread, pt 2
12 Something to Dread, pt 3
13 Something to Suffer
14 Something to Suffer, pt 2
15 Something to Suffer, pt 3
16 Something to Learn
17 Something to Learn, pt 2
18 Something to Learn, pt 3
19 The Supporting Cast
20 The Villain
21 Synopsis, pt 2
22 Conflict
23 Disaster
24 Dilemma
25 Acts and Scenes
26 The Four Defining Chapters
27 Chapter One: The Inciting Incident
28 Chapter Three: Embtacing Destiny
29 Chapter Nine: The Black Moment
30 Chapter Eleven: The Showdown
31 The Novel Outline: Formulas, Plots and Subplots
32 Chapter Two: Promises, Prophecies, Predicaments
33 Chapter Four: The New World
34 Chapter Five: The Middle Cycle
35 Chapter Six: Failure
36 Chapter Seven: Lessons
37 Chapter Eight: Achievement & Atonement
38 Chapter Ten: The Coming Strom
39 Chapter Twelve: Denouement
40 How to Write a Chapter
41 Creating Emotion
42 The Illusion of Reality
43 Summary (Telling)
44 Detail (Showing)
45 Narrative Order
46 Dialog
47 Gestures
48 To Be or Not To Be
49 Too Many Modifiers
50 Sliding Eyes & Grasping Hands
51 Symbols
52 Flashbacks
53 I Saw, I Heard
54 Raising the Stakes
55 What's Likely to Go Wrong?
56 Falling Bodies (What to do when stuck)
57 The Character Interview
58 Setting
59 Character Mask
60 Unexpected Handles
61 Unexpected Humor
62 Unexpected Tragedy
63 Unexpected Grace
64 Cliches
65 Irony
66 Cliffhangers
67 Voice
68 Transparency
69 Double Disasters
70 Writing the Climax
71 Setups & Payoffs
72 Deus ex Machina
73 Loose Ends
74 Parting Words
75 Revision & Rewriting
76 Revising by Verb
77 Formatting Your Manuscript
78 Sharing & Publishing Your Novel

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