Introduction to Writing Fiction
Narrator: points of view and language
A course by Sylvia A. Zéleny , Author
About the video: Narrator: points of view and language
Overview
“Now I will teach you what the narrative voice is, the types of narrator and their effects when presenting characters, place and space where the plot takes place. ”
In this video lesson Sylvia A. Zéleny addresses the topic: Narrator: points of view and language, 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
“Narrator: points of view and language We already learned a couple of possibilities to think about the plot, now we will move on to something very important, who is narrating. The narrator or narrative voice of a story is very important because this voice is the one that brings us closer to the characters. How they are, how they feel, how they get along with each other, and how they engage with the world around them. Choosing the narrative voice for our story is very important because, through their words and their descriptions, we recognize the inner and outer world of the characters. There...”
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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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