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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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Additional Details

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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