Introduction to Writing Fiction
Influences
A course by Sylvia A. Zéleny , Author
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I want to share with you about the circumstances that have influenced my work as a writer. I will also tell you about the authors with whom I have indirectly learned to create worlds and characters. ”
In this video lesson Sylvia A. Zéleny addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Writing Fiction. Learn to write unique stories based on the fundamentals of narrative studies.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I will share some of the circumstances and the authors who have influenced me as a writer and editor. Like many boys and girls, I grew up listening to stories at bedtime. My mom used to tell me "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Little Red Riding Hood". She was a great storyteller. What my mother did not imagine is that I was a very demanding audience and suddenly the classic tales seemed half lukewarm to me and I started asking for my own stories. Years later my son would do the same, He said to me: "Tell me the story of the old coca. Tell me the story of the flowe...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Writing Fiction
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Areas
Creativity, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Sylvia A. Zéleny
A course by Sylvia A. Zéleny
Sylvia A. Zéleny holds a BA in Hispanic literature from the University of Sonora and two master's degrees, one in humanities from the ITESM and another in creative writing from the University of Texas. She writes both fiction and nonfiction works and has authored stories like Gente Menuda (Voces del Desierto, 1999) and Otras Manías (Narrativas Divergentes Award, 2014), and novels such as Una no habla de esto (Tierra Adentro, 2008) and El Libro de Aisha (Random House, 2021).
She is the current director and a professor of the online creative writing program at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is the coordinator of Casa Octavia, a residence for writers where she also teaches individual and collective workshops. Similarly, she has taught workshops on fiction and nonfiction discourse across the United States, Mexico, and Colombia, and has coordinated writing workshops for victims of violence along the border between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
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