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Course navigation video
Getting started checklist - download
Invitation to join the Facebook group
Please save: rhondal@evalogue.life as a trusted contact
How to storyboard: Download template
How to storyboard: view booklet onscreen
Download how to storyboard - a primer booklet
Replay January 11
Week 1 slides
Week 1 workbook - optional supplementary material
The power of story
Definitions: memoir, autobiography, family history, journaling
Who is your story about? Character development.
In class: free write exercise
Writing sensory details
Week 1 homework:
Bonus video - Writing dialogue
BONUS explanation: Choosing point of view (POV) & tense
BONUS overview explanation of POV - selecting the right tense and point of view in your story
BONUS exercise to do on your own- Point of View/Tense exercise
BONUS: Discussion of the Tense/POV exercise
BONUS: Article - how to start or boost a journal writing habit
Replay January 18
Week 2 workbook - optional supplementary materials
Slides
Why oral history? The voice is intimate.
Example of capturing voice - Rhonda's dad singing
What is a vignette?
Handling Sensitive Subjects in Your Story
Week 2 homework:
Bonus - Questions everyone should ask
Bonus: Interviewing checklist
Bonus - A primer on interviewing (yourself and others)
Replay January 25
Slides - week 3
Storyboard - blank printable template
Week 3 workbook - supplementary reading
Optional reading - "How to storyboard" booklet
Movie -Walk the Line plot summary
Finding the angle
Week 3 homework
Bonus example - storyboarding a personal video
Bonus example A beat-by-beat tutorial of the previous lesson's video
Bonus Exercise: Storyboard the Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz storyboard answers
Replay
Slides - saved as draft. Need to add updated slides
Workbook - supplementary material for week 4
Clean, descriptive writing
Types of editing & tips for self-editing
Writing groups
Writer's Group Critique Feedback Form
Printing, publishing & sharing
Overcoming procrastination & resistance
What feeds your creativity?
Would you take our short survey to make this class better?
Bonus lesson: additional examples of ancestor stories
Tutorial - practical tips on writing ancestor stories
PDF - practical tips for writing ancestor stories
2022-02-03 Ancestor story case study -Story structure for the Ephraim Granary Video (replay from membership class)
Replay, chat and starter kit
Starter kit
Navigation
Course navigation video
Getting started checklist - download
Invitation to join the Facebook group
Please save: rhondal@evalogue.life as a trusted contact
How to storyboard: Download template
How to storyboard: view booklet onscreen
Download how to storyboard - a primer booklet
January 11 - Getting started
Replay January 11
Week 1 slides
Week 1 workbook - optional supplementary material
The power of story
Definitions: memoir, autobiography, family history, journaling
Who is your story about? Character development.
In class: free write exercise
Writing sensory details
Week 1 homework:
Bonus video - Writing dialogue
BONUS explanation: Choosing point of view (POV) & tense
BONUS overview explanation of POV - selecting the right tense and point of view in your story
BONUS exercise to do on your own- Point of View/Tense exercise
BONUS: Discussion of the Tense/POV exercise
BONUS: Article - how to start or boost a journal writing habit
January 18 - Interviewing + sensitive subjects
Replay January 18
Week 2 workbook - optional supplementary materials
Slides
Why oral history? The voice is intimate.
Example of capturing voice - Rhonda's dad singing
What is a vignette?
Preview
Handling Sensitive Subjects in Your Story
Week 2 homework:
Bonus - Questions everyone should ask
Bonus: Interviewing checklist
Bonus - A primer on interviewing (yourself and others)
January 25 - Mapping the emotional beats
Replay January 25
Slides - week 3
Storyboard - blank printable template
Week 3 workbook - supplementary reading
Optional reading - "How to storyboard" booklet
Movie -Walk the Line plot summary
Finding the angle
Week 3 homework
Bonus example - storyboarding a personal video
Bonus example A beat-by-beat tutorial of the previous lesson's video
Bonus Exercise: Storyboard the Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz storyboard answers
February 1 - Revising and sharing your story
Replay
Slides - saved as draft. Need to add updated slides
Workbook - supplementary material for week 4
Clean, descriptive writing
Types of editing & tips for self-editing
Writing groups
Writer's Group Critique Feedback Form
Printing, publishing & sharing
Overcoming procrastination & resistance
What feeds your creativity?
We'd be grateful for your feedback!
Would you take our short survey to make this class better?
Optional bonus lessons - ancestor stories
Bonus lesson: additional examples of ancestor stories
Tutorial - practical tips on writing ancestor stories
PDF - practical tips for writing ancestor stories
2022-02-03 Ancestor story case study -Story structure for the Ephraim Granary Video (replay from membership class)
Bonus live session - writing group training
Replay, chat and starter kit
Starter kit
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