Ankara Üniversitesi Açık Ders Malzemeleri

Topic outline

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  General

  • Sotirios Bampatzimopoulos File
  • Ders Izlencesi File
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  Week 1 - Introduction

  • Why I Write URL
  • Orwell on Writing URL
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  Week 2 - The Process of Writing

  • Checkhov on Writing URL
  • Kurt Vonnegut - Shape of Stories URL
  • "The Philosophy of Composition" by E. A. Poe URL
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  Week 3 - How to Start a Story

  • Examples of Great Opening Lines URL
  • Collection of Opening Lines URL
  • Opening Paragraphs URL
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  Week 4 - Creative Writng Exercises

  • Creative Writing Exercises 1 URL
  • Creative Writing Exercises 2 URL
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  Week 5 - Common Mistakes

  • Common Mistakes Writers Do URL
  • Common Mistakes - Grammar (A) URL
  • Common Mistakes - Grammar (B) URL
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  Week 6 - Creative Writing Prompts

  • Prompts File
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  Week 7 - MIDTERM EXAM
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  Week 8 - Examples of Short Stories (A)

  • "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury URL
  • "The Child" by Ali Smith URL
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  Week 9 - Examples of Short Stories (B)

  • "Why Don't You Dance?" by Raymond Carver URL
  • "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway URL
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  Week 10 - Examples of Short Stories (C)

  • "To Room Nineteen: by Doris Lessing URL
  • "Big Blonde" by Dorothy Parker URL
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  Week 11 - Flash Fiction

  • Information about Flash Fiction URL
  • 21 Pieces of Flash Fiction URL
  • Flash Fiction Online URL
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  Week 12 - How to End a Story

  • Writing the Ending URL
  • Ideas for Endings URL
  • Ways to End Your Story URL
  • How to Write Endings URL
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  Week 13 - Portfolio

  • Portfolio Information File
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  WEEK 14 - FINAL EXAM