Introduction to Writing Fiction
Write, write, write
A course by Sylvia A. Zéleny , Author
About the video: Write, write, write
Overview
“I will share with you tips on how to take advantage of your time and creativity when writing. ”
In this video lesson Sylvia A. Zéleny addresses the topic: Write, write, write, 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
“Write, write, write Now I will give you some tips and ideas for the part that you have most waited for, to write. And that, writing is about writing. Something I do is set a clock with a time of one or two hours and in that time I dedicate myself to being in front of the screen, reviewing my notes, my raw material, and typing and typing. Try at that time not to review, not edit, not correct, just get as much information as possible so that your text takes shape. It is important to have the notebook with your notes, so you can see the map that you have built, or create scenes that you did no...”
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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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