Students in this class get to try all the different forms of writing and editing, honing their skills until they are masters at both.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Syllabus
- Vocabulary
- Writing
- Editing
- 2024 April: Progression
- Conceptual Images
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Introduction:
“Everything was created from a/the word/s.” There are so many interpretations of that, but the underlying concept rings true; speaking intention has a powerful creative effect, especially when the intended words can remain on paper, or set in stone, long after the speaker has moved on to other things. This class teaches students how to arrange words so well… that their writing borders on spellcraft.
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Syllabus:
This is the year-by-year sequence of classes/lessons in this subject.
- Grade 1: Main Concepts; vocabulary, penmanship/handwriting, spelling, grammar, syntax, etc.
- Grade 2: gift-cards
- Grade 3: thank-you letters
- Grade 4: artistic fonts and texturing
- Grade 5: cursive
- Grade 6: calligraphy
- Grade 7: ink and other mediums best for flexible/rolling surfaces (scrolls, etc.)
- Grade 8: drafting a simple/short story
- Grade 9: shared characteristics of popular novels
- Grade 10: drafting a simple/short story, then an entire book, and then a series
- Grade 11: editorial work – starting with helping fellow students proofread their literary works
- Grade 12: the publishing process/options
- Grade 13: optional; writing (such as journal-keeping) during your off-campus survival-training/application/exodus
- Grade 14: technical writing
- Grade 15: basic research-paper
- Grade 16: doctoral thesis (extremely-detailed research-paper)
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Vocabulary:
- abstract / summary
- annex
- antonym
- appendices
- autobiography
- bibliography
- canon
- citation / reference
- column/ist
- copyright vs. copyleft
- copyright infringement
- creative license (a.k.a. artistic license, dramatic license, narrative license, poetic license, etc.)
- criterion
- dictionary
- emphasis/ize
- encyclopedia
- enunciation / pronunciation
- epilogue
- fan fiction
- final draft
- flow
- forward
- ghost writer
- grammar
- hidden meaning
- innuendo
- introduction
- journal/ism/ist
- lineout / strikeout
- mainstream
- margins
- novella
- parody
- pen name
- person (first-, second-, third-)
- plagiarism (and why it was made illegal, plus why it isn’t always bad)
- prologue
- pseudonym
- pun
- punctuation
- Roman numerals
- rough draft
- synonym
- syntax
- table of contents
- thesaurus
- typo(graphical error)
- underscore
- volume
- whiteout
- wordsmith
- writer’s block
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Writing:
The creator of this class (and all the rest of Inisfree, for that matter) spent decades practicing writing in various forms, always intent on refining his abilities in that field… until his stories flowed. Never did he imagine, in the/his beginning, that he’d become so good at it… all his literary works would begin to flow together –and unlock powers in him like the world had never known.
- handwriting / penmanship
- cursive & signatures
- calligraphy
- basic sentences
- complex sentences
- poetic sentences
- sentences laced with multiple meanings
- “reading between the lines”
- paragraph structure; singular and distinct focuses from one paragraph to the next
- fliers / ads
- brochures / pamphlets
- articles / blogs
- short stories
- distinct chapters
- distinct books/novels
- textbooks (wordy vs. bullet-note formats/approaches)
- booklets
- summaries (booklets)
- volumes
- series / sagas
- collections
- curriculae / syllabi
- retellings
- publishing
- self-publishing
- why writing-style/s can be polluted/weakened by too much formal schooling in any particular way of wielding a/one’s language
- various computer codes/languages; writing basic commands in several of the more widely-used ones
Writing of King Auz:
- the 10 novels in the Capital of Antarctica series
- memoirs; the novel based on his journal
- website hardcopy; this website in printed form
- the Biblor’an; Inisfree’s holy book
- SexCraft code; the Inisfree MMORPG draft/documents
- numerous business proposals
- numerous presentations / “pitches”
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Editing:
Thousands of images, videos, and documents were edited by King Auz in order to get them in appropriate format and flow for use here in Inisfree. Without his shrewd attention to detail through them all, we wouldn’t have these classes or any of the Inisfree design. We wouldn’t have Inisfree.
- speed-reading
- programs to automatically check/correct spelling, grammar, syntax, spacing, etc.
- editors’ marks (for suggestions written between the lines, in the margins, etc.)
- why some publishing agents/companies/editors try to cut/trim large portions of original works
- major editing companies
- famous editors
- how to determine if an editor is compatible with you / your interests
- best practices/habits for editors
- translating writing-editing skills over to self-editing, conduct-editing, gene-editing, personality-editing, etc.
- editing lines of computer-code in order to render them more functional/efficient
More TBA…
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2024 April: Progression
Reading:
- Letters and Numbers (of all languages’ (those we teach) alphabets; as options; not all required at the same time)
- Alphabets and Numbers (of all lang’s alphabets)
- Words (of all lang’s)
- Sentences (of all lang’s)
- Paragraphs (of all lang’s)
- Pages (of all lang’s)
- Short Stories (of all lang’s), mil land maps
- Poetry (of all lang’s), nautical charts
- Basic in “18+” (“mature audience” / “young adult” content), star charts
- Elementary in 18+
- Functional in 18+
- Proficient in 18+, hieroglyphs
- Exodus
- Schematics (and site surveys)
- Technical Manuals –and the different formats for movie scripts (screenplays) vs. plays (stage performances), etc.
—Back to the Future script (b/c this movie is considered by many to be perfect –minus the Outlander deformities, ofc, but the acting etc. were all perfect for the concept/vision) - Doctoral Theses
Writing:
- Letters and Numbers
- Alphabets and Numbers
- Words
- Sentences
- Paragraphs
- Pages
- Short Stories, cartography
- Poetry
- Basic in 18+
- Elementary in 18+
- Functional in 18+, paper rough drafts (drafting)
- Proficient in 18+, hieroglyphs
- Exodus
- Calligraphy, Handwriting Analysis,
- Schematics (in drafting)
- Character Development (and why some characters don’t need an arc/development), tech. manual (in drafting)
- Novel Composition, cartography (in drafting)
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