Introduction to Narrative Writing

Overview

“The objective of this course is to lead you to write your own narratives: your own stories, based on your own ideas. What you will learn here will be useful for any type of story you want to make, regardless of its length or the medium in which you want to make it known. To do this, I will first talk to you about how all human beings tell stories naturally, simply because that is the way we understand our lives.”

In this video lesson Alberto Chimal addresses the topic: What will we do in the course?, 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 3 WHAT WILL WE DO IN THE COURSE? The aim of this course is for you to end up writing your own stories, your own narrations, with your own words. To do this, first we'll look at some essential elements of stories in different media, in books, films, and so on. We'll study them, work on them so that you can use them to create your own stories. Our starting point is simple: recognizing that all human beings already know the basics of how to tell a story, because we do it every day. Because human beings, since the start of our species, use language to invent stories or to explain...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Writing

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (1710)
• 44891 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 28m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing