Introduction to Autobiographical Writing
Center of gravity
A course by César Tejeda , Storyteller, Editor, and Scriptwriter
About the video: Center of gravity
Overview
“I start from a premise: if time is not the best element we have to organize our autobiographical stories, what can we use to channel them? ”
In this video lesson César Tejeda addresses the topic: Center of gravity, 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
“Center of gravity We will start with Lesson 2, which deals with the center of gravity, which is the most important part for me in the course that you have clear. It is the basis of what I think around autobiographical writing. I often say that the fundamental problem of autobiographical writing is the order. Problem in a good way in the sense that we must deploy the writing skills to overcome it, that we always do when we write. I know that the word command can be cumbersome, but be clear that every story has to be organized in a certain way so that they are digestible, accessible to reader...”
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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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