Creative Writing 101

By Sally Odgers

Lesson 3: Ideas, Plots and Themes.

Writing Exercise and Bibliography.

Now you have read more about ideas, plots and themes, try this exercise.

Write down three ideas, presented as single sentences.

Now, think about the last three books you read (or wrote!) and write down the single sentence ideas you think lay behind them.

Choose one of the first three ideas and write some associated themes, both implied and simple.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

'Sin and Syntax'

'In Search of a Husband'

'Translations in Celadon

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Why and What to Write?
Lesson 2: Genres
Lesson 3: Ideas, Plots and Themes.
• Writing Exercise and Bibliography.
Lesson 4: Plot Building.
Lesson 5: Character Building.
Lesson 6: Dialogue.
Lesson 7: Basic Style.
Lesson 8: Lucky Dip.