Novel in a Year by https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt Material to read or download for Lessons 1-6 en-us 2018-03-29 11:45:20 UTC 2026-01-01 18:47:23 UTC hello@padlet.com douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/247209071 2018-03-29 11:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/247209071 Favourite Novels douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/247256584 An excellent range of books chosen by those on the class.
If you haven't read them, get to it!
 
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Tracy)
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (Margaret)
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (Lizzie)
Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Mark)
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Peter)
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (Ali & Lesley)
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (Heather)
Ruth Rendell as favourite author (Joanne)
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Amanda)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Maria)
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Stephanie)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (Deb)]]> 2018-03-29 14:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/247256584 Why do you want to write a novel? douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/247275046 Before we get started, download the attachment below. This is a piece by George Orwell called Why I Write. Orwell died in 1950, but is still generally regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest writers. Read this and you will also learn something about yourself.]]> 2018-03-29 14:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/247275046 Opening Lines douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/249448670 Here's the opening lines to ten novels, some well known, some not. We're going to look at these two pages in the first lesson, so please print the attachment and have it handy when you login]]> 2018-04-07 17:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/249448670 Welcome everybody, wherever you are! douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/249449305 Before you can join the course, you need to download Zoom so I can see you and you can see me. Follow the link below and open a free account. They don't pester you afterwards, honest!
https://zoom.us/]]> 2018-04-07 17:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/249449305 This is the link you need to use to join the group on Wednesday: douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/252127988 https://the-wea.zoom.us/j/994835257


]]> 2018-04-16 13:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/252127988 If we were in a classroom, the walls would be covered with WEA posters relating to its services, philosophy and guidelines for health and safety. Instead, they're below plastered over my brick wall. To view, please scroll down..... douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/252940529 2018-04-18 11:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/252940529 Why is James Bond more famous than The Pope? 007 isn't even real. It's all to do with the power of fictional characters..... douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/254279315 Please download and print the pdf below for Wednesday ]]> 2018-04-23 08:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/254279315 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/254291483 2018-04-23 08:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/254291483 New Zealand-born Katherine Mansfield, usually linked with the Bloomsbury Set, revolutionized the short story..... douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/255436832 Please download and read this one: Miss Brill]]> 2018-04-25 20:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/255436832 The differences between writing in the First and Third person douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/256179396 Please download and print  the pdf below which we're going to use on the 2 May lesson]]> 2018-04-27 23:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/256179396 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/256179658 2018-04-27 23:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/256179658 Follow this link for the WEA feed-back forms: https://bit.ly/2JXR8pZ douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/258330948

]]> 2018-05-06 18:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/258330948 Dialogue Discussion Document: douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/258331725 2018-05-06 18:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/258331725 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/258332496 2018-05-06 19:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/258332496 Dialogue Exercise: douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/259475684 Do some straight dialogue with no tags or text, then expand it by integrating narrative and dialogue tags where necessary]]> 2018-05-09 23:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/259475684 Three pdfs follow which relate to the use dialogue for exposition, plot and character development douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260141789 A deceptively clever chuck of dialogue from Elmore Leonard's Cuba Libre

]]> 2018-05-12 14:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260141789 1984 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260142654 2018-05-12 14:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260142654 Follow in the footsteps of Charles Dickens douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260143031 2018-05-12 14:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260143031 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152368 2018-05-12 16:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152368 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152436 2018-05-12 16:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152436 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152566 2018-05-12 16:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152566 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152643 2018-05-12 16:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/260152643 Jane Austin's great put down douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262301939 Pride & Prejudice 
Chapter 56]]> 2018-05-21 09:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262301939 Chat Room material for Lesson 6 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262302477 This is a famous O'Henry story called 'After Twenty Years]]> 2018-05-21 09:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262302477 Book List douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262302806 2018-05-21 09:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262302806 For those that wanted reminding what the course covered douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262323215 2018-05-21 11:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262323215 douglasbence https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262323442 2018-05-21 11:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/douglasbence/9nqqz30l0gt/wish/262323442