Introduction to Writing Fiction
Plot: time-space
A course by Sylvia A. Zéleny , Author
About the video: Plot: time-space
Overview
“You will learn what the plot is and how to build one based, precisely, on the characteristics of time and space.”
In this video lesson Sylvia A. Zéleny addresses the topic: Plot: time-space, 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
“Plot: time-space As I already told you a little about myself and my interests, now I would like to teach you a little more about the elements of the narrative and how is a bit like playing between all these and make decisions when writing a story. As I see it, somehow the story exists because someone, a character, for example, wants something. I always think of the roadrunner and the coyote. Those cartoons exist because the coyote incessantly wants catch the roadrunner and the roadrunner wants to run away, escape, and treat the coyote badly. That is what makes it build a plot. For example, ...”
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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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