Peso Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I'm wondering of such a thing exists, I think my soon to be 9th grader would really enjoy a year of writing in this genre. Secular preferred, but open to looking at anything! Many thanks - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) TGC has a course called "How Great Science Fiction Works". We tried to do Fantasy themed Lang Arts last year but I dropped the ball early and we never got back to it. There are several good books about how to write fantasy and science fiction, I don't have the titles in front of me..... in fact they're in a box but I'll see if I can find them later, mostly I did a lot of Amazon searching. Edited July 30, 2016 by foxbridgeacademy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 MY kid hated OYAN.... but they have a fantasy module called "Other Worlds" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peso Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Thanks! I'll check them out :) Penny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) We used Adventures in Fantasy by John Gust last year and my ds13 loved it. He wrote a 12,000 word fantasy book. I wrote a huge review about it and posted it here a few months ago, but I can't find a thing about it. I've spent the past 15 minutes searching every way I can think to search, including googling. I can't say enough good about it. It leads you step by step in how to write a fantasy novel. It has you figure out setting, character, and plot well before you start writing, so when you do the writing part it's pretty smooth sailing. My son has said he plans on writing another book in his spare time and asked me to leave out the Adventures in Fantasy book for him to refer to. I don't know if he'll follow through with that, but it does show that he loved the project. Edited July 30, 2016 by Garga 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Seconding the accolades for the Adventures in Fantasy book - my dd has been inspired to write fantasy stories and has found it very helpful too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 MY kid hated OYAN.... but they have a fantasy module called "Other Worlds" I really don't think this would be usable by someone who'd prefer secular, OP. Just FWIW. It looks really fantastic but it is definitely from a heavily Christian worldview (they also say this on their webpage) and it is infused through the curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Garga, is this your previous review? http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/589610-anyone-completed-adventures-in-fantasy-by-john-gust/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historymatters Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 What is OYAN stand for, please? I couldn't find the answer within the posts. Maybe I just overlooked it... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Garga, is this your previous review? http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/589610-anyone-completed-adventures-in-fantasy-by-john-gust/ Yes! How did you find it?! I'm going to save that link somewhere on my computer. Don't know why I couldn't find it yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 What is OYAN stand for, please? I couldn't find the answer within the posts. Maybe I just overlooked it... Thanks! one year adventure novel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happybeachbum Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) I really don't think this would be usable by someone who'd prefer secular, OP. Just FWIW. It looks really fantastic but it is definitely from a heavily Christian worldview (they also say this on their webpage) and it is infused through the curriculum. I don't know about that. I've known of plenty of secular homeschoolers who've loved this program. http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/lecture-series/ Edited August 9, 2016 by happybeachbum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happybeachbum Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) I don't know about that. I've known of plenty of secular homeschoolers who've loved this program. Have you considered Dean Wesley Smiths lectures or online workshops http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/lecture-series/ sorry didn't mean for this to be a double post Edited August 9, 2016 by happybeachbum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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