Introduction to Writing Fiction
More writing, scenes and summaries
A course by Sylvia A. Zéleny , Author
About the video: More writing, scenes and summaries
Overview
“Even though you've finished your text, it's time to think about the kind of book it can be turned into. In this lesson I will tell you a little about that. ”
In this video lesson Sylvia A. Zéleny addresses the topic: More writing, scenes and summaries, 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
“More writing, scenes and summaries Congratulations, you've probably already finished the first version of your story. Now is the time to think about what it can become. In this lesson I will teach you how to convert this story in a long-term project. I have two versions of my text here. The first version, when I just finished studying my raw material, resulted in a three page text. I wrote down, I checked, and since I had no other reader, I used my three questions and here I have my other version. In this case the text is many more pages, as you can realize. I was able to get there thanks t...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Writing Fiction
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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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