In this course, students will find inspiration and spark their creativity by understanding the foundations of story. Craft lessons will include: deep point of view, plot development, emotional arcs, and story structure for a novel or short story. There will be step-by-step exercises for creating memorable, three-dimensional characters. Fun, interactive writing prompts and workshopping with other students for feedback, will build the writer’s muscle. Invaluable resources will be shared. By the end of the course, students will have the blueprint for a rough draft.