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A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.
All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete all of your course work, including the final exam.
Lesson 1
Observation and Data Collection
Lesson 2
Found Objects and Poetic Devices
Lesson 3
The Natural World
Lesson 4
Gathering Oral Histories
Lesson 5
People Watching and Creating Characters
Lesson 6
The Way Folks Talk
Lesson 7
Place in Memoir
Lesson 8
Researching History and Culture
Lesson 9
Foods?Oysters and Slumgullion
Lesson 10
Mapping Out Your Stories
Lesson 11
Edit, Edit, Edit
Lesson 12
Offering Your Writing to Others
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