Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories
Review and desktop publishing: balancing the text
A course by Daniela Rea , Writer and Journalist
About the video: Review and desktop publishing: balancing the text
Overview
“In this step it is about your story having several layers because life is never black and white, it always has many nuances and textures. Also that your writing progresses from one point to another, how much the protagonist of your story, as well as who reads it, feels a change, receives a reflection or an idea. ”
In this video lesson Daniela Rea addresses the topic: Review and desktop publishing: balancing the text, which is part of the Domestika online course: Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories. Learn how to express global issues through the use of documentary and field investigation.
Partial transcription of the video
“Review and desktop publishing: balancing the text After working and rehearsing the structure of the text, I found one that seems to work for me, and as here the surprise is the robbery, actually, And the robbery happens very early on the fact line I will have a chronological structure with some other emotional tenses included within the text. What I do and that I would like to suggest is to review the text, look at it from afar and mark with colors different elements of writing. For example, the spaces where there is hard data, the spaces where there is description, the spaces where there i...”
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Course summary for: Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories
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Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Daniela Rea
A course by Daniela Rea
Although as a child she dreamed of being a sailor and detective, the Daniela Rea we know today is a writer and journalist. She specializes in nonfiction stories and enjoys experimenting with different formats such as journalistic, literary, and audiovisual. She is fascinated by learning about people’s lives, exploring their day to day, and understanding how they inhabit their space.
You can find her work at Pie de Página, among other platforms. She has collaborated with documentalists like Everaldo González, Ai Wei Wei, and Rodrigo Reyes and is the author of i]Nadie les pidió perdón[/i] and coauthor of La Tropa: Por qué mata un soldado.
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