Introduction to Autobiographical Writing
Presentation
A course by César Tejeda , Storyteller, Editor, and Scriptwriter
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to tell you who I am and how my career as a writer of autobiographical texts and book editor began, but I will try, at the same time, to ask you some questions that will serve to talk about autobiography. ”
In this video lesson César Tejeda addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Autobiographical Writing. Learn to reconstruct your memories using narrative tools and create autobiographical stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Welcome, welcome to the first lesson of Unit 1 of the autobiographical writing course. Thank you very much for taking it. I hope it helps you to acquire some tools that I consider fundamental for autobiographical writing. In this first chapter I must present myself in front of you And it is assumed that, if I am an expert in autobiographical writing, I should have no problem with something as simple as introducing myself, but with time and as the days went by I realized that it was one of the most difficult lessons. So I ask you to direct this very question to yourself. Who are...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Autobiographical Writing
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Creativity, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
César Tejeda
A course by César Tejeda
César Tejeda is a storyteller, editor, and scriptwriter from Mexico City. Over the course of his career, he has written two novels–Épica de bolsillo para un joven de clase media (Planeta, 2012) and Mi abuelo y el dictador (Caballo de Troya, 2017)–as well as a collection of essays titled La compulsión autobiográfica (Alacraña, 2021, undergoing editing).
As a scriptwriter, he has collaborated with Canal 11 and Canal 22, from Mexican cultural television, and written for documentaries and feature-length fiction films. As an editor, he has worked with Penguin Random House, the UNAM Literature Department, and the magazines Este País and Los Suicidas, where he also served as director. He is currently the editor at Ediciones Antílope as well as one of its founding members. On top of it all, César shares his knowledge as a teacher at different schools and academies.
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