Introduction to Narrative Writing
The perspective
A course by Alberto Chimal , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: The perspective
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about another important element of stories: who tells them? The answer might seem obvious, but it is not so obvious. You will discover what I mean by this when I tell you about another crucial concept for our work: that of perspective. ”
In this video lesson Alberto Chimal addresses the topic: The perspective, 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
“So far, if you have followed the instructions I have proposed, You have made many variations, many exercises based in that initial story of the walk. These exercises will be very different from each other, but almost with confidence, all of them, or at least the majority, will be written in first person. The first person gives a feeling of closeness because it allows us the illusion of identifying ourselves Kun that character who is living the story. What would happen if you changed the phrases of an exercise in the first person so that they were in third. i. E. She saw... instead of I saw....”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Writing
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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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