Introduction to Narrative Writing
Presentation
A course by Alberto Chimal , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I will introduce myself: I will tell you what I do, how I got interested in creative writing, also something about the means in which I have been able to tell my own stories, which include books, cinema and comics. Also, I will tell you a little about some difficulties I have had and what I discovered when trying to overcome them.”
In this video lesson Alberto Chimal addresses the topic: Presentation , which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Narrative Writing. Learn everything you need to know to start writing memorable stories, step by step.
Partial transcription of the video
“UNIT 1 - LESSON 1 INTRODUCTION Hi, I'm Alberto Chimal and I'm a writer. I'm also a creative writing teacher. Welcome to this course. I'd like to tell you about myself and my work. I'm Mexican. I was born in Toluca, a small city in Mexico, and then I moved to Mexico City, where I live today. For some strange reason, a work of destiny, very early in my childhood I discovered that writing existed. Not only writing as we did in school, as we nearly all learn to do, but writing to tell stories, to create stories. That discovery led me to work in this area. I discovered it in a book in my mom's h...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Writing
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Areas
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing

Alberto Chimal
A course by Alberto Chimal
Alberto Chimal is an established writer—he has been in this beautiful profession for 25 years now—specializing in narrative texts. He writes stories for different kinds of media, but his focus is on novels and short stories. What he loves most about writing is the human contact that can be generated through stories.
He has published more than forty books, including novels and collections of short stories, and is currently writing the screenplay for his second feature film.
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