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To Space Opera and Beyond with Ann Leckie
Definitions, History, and Basics
What is Space Opera?
Video: Space Flowing Past the Portholes Like Wine (4:21)
Creating Backdrops Vast As Space Itself
Setting Up the Backdrop
Video: Creating Your Backdrop (4:37)
Video: Getting the Science Right (4:07)
Writing Exercises
Working with Multiple Worlds
Working with Multiple Worlds (Or Not)
Video: Developing Multiple Worlds (1:28)
Video: Working with a Live Edge (4:50)
Writing Exercises
Working with Multiple Characters
Working with Multiple Characters (Or Not)
Video: Omniscient Point of View (4:21)
Video: Plots a Reader Cares About (1:24)
Writing Exercises
Creating Interlocking Plots
Weaving Things Together: Plots and Themes
Video: Interlocking Plots (3:45)
Video: Structuring via a Theme (3:52)
Writing Exercises
Creating Languages, Politics, and Other Cultural Trappings
Creating Your Box of Shiny Things
Video: Lifting Cultures (4:06)
Video: Bureaucracies in Space (3:13)
Writing Exercises
The Novel Writing Process
Writing Your Book
Video: The Novel Writing Process (5:33)
Video: Verbs (1:33)
Improving as a Writer
Video: Daily Word Goals (2:52)
Video: How Do You Get Better (8:11)
Writing Exercises
Resources
Video: Techniques Are Not Rules (10:20)
Space Opera Books
Space Opera Television and Movies
Working with Multiple Characters (Or Not)
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