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Capstone: Your Story
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 7 hours
  • Course by Wesleyan University
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Everything comes together in the Capstone. You will draft a complete story, narrative essay, or memoir of 8–15 pages. With the advice of your peer readers, you will revise, rewrite, and complete it. The skills you’ve learned of plotting, setting, physical description, characterization, and stylistic clarity and innovation will culminate in an original work of art all your own. We’ll discuss the steps that professional writers take to bring their work into the public world. Along the way you’ll learn the patient habits of revision that make up the writer’s life.

Modules

Where We've Been and Where We're Going

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Where We've Been and Where We're Going

1 Readings

  • Specialization Promo Codes

The Elements of Story

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1 Videos

  • The Elements of Story

Milestone for This Week: Gathering Materials

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1 Videos

  • Gathering Materials

Strategies for Making a Coherent Whole

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1 Videos

  • Strategies for Making a Coherent Whole

Interview with Amy Bloom About Composition Strategies

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Interview with Amy Bloom, pt. 1
  • Interview with Amy Bloom, pt. 2

Interview with Jaimy Gordon

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1 Videos

  • Interview with Jaimy Gordon

Milestone for This Week: Beginning a First Draft

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1 Videos

  • Working on a First Draft

Compose, Compose, Compose

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1 Videos

  • Compose, Compose, Compose

Author Videos

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4 Videos

  • Una LaMarche
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Ayelet Waldman
  • Becky Albertalli

Milestone for This Week: First Draft Due

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    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • First Draft

1 Videos

  • First Draft

Giving Good Critique

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1 Videos

  • Giving Good Critique

Workshop Demonstration

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Workshop Demonstration, pt. 1
  • Workshop Demonstration, pt. 2

1 Readings

  • Manuscript for Workshop Demonstration

Milestone for This Week: Three Peer Reviews

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1 Videos

  • Three Peer Reviews

The Dear Workshop Letter

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1 Videos

  • The Dear Workshop Letter

A Debriefing Example

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2 Videos

  • What is a Debriefing?
  • Debriefing Example: What The Conversation Looks Like

A Sanding Example

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2 Videos

  • What Is Sanding?
  • Sanding Demonstration

1 Readings

  • Manuscript for Sanding Demonstration

Milestone for This Week: Sanding

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    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Sanding

1 Videos

  • Milestone for This Week: Sanding Submission

Revise, Revise, Revise

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1 Videos

  • Revise, Revise, Revise

A Conversation about Publishing

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3 Videos

  • Introduction to Publication
  • Brando Skyhorse on Publishing, pt. 1
  • Brando Skyhorse on Publishing, pt. 2

Milestone for This Week: Progress on Final Draft

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1 Videos

  • Making Progress

Workshops and Conferences

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2 Videos

  • Workshops and Conferences
  • Interview with Anne Greene about Conferences

1 Readings

  • Online Writing Workshops

Milestone for This Week: Final Draft

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    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Final Draft

1 Videos

  • Final Draft

Congratulations!

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1 Videos

  • Congratulations!

Auto Summary

"Capstone: Your Story" is a foundational Arts & Humanities course on Coursera, designed to help you craft a complete story, narrative essay, or memoir of 8–15 pages. Under the guidance of peer readers, you'll refine your work, applying skills in plotting, setting, characterization, and stylistic clarity. The course runs for 420 minutes and discusses professional writing steps and revision habits. Subscription options include Starter and Professional, making it ideal for aspiring writers seeking to hone their craft.

Salvatore Scibona
Instructor

Salvatore Scibona