Introduction to Autobiographical Writing
Tips for carrying out the writing
A course by César Tejeda , Storyteller, Editor, and Scriptwriter
About the video: Tips for carrying out the writing
Overview
“I will give you some examples of how I carry out my writing processes, with the intention that you incorporate them into your own processes and develop yours. ”
In this video lesson César Tejeda addresses the topic: Tips for carrying out the writing, 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
“Tips for carrying out the writing We started the last unit, Unit 4 in order to recap a bit what we have learned so far, but, above all, that you can plan the writing of the final project. Writing is a daily practice that must be undertaken programmatically, It must be done in a disciplined manner. However, it is very difficult that in contemporary life we can make a space to write every day. The following tips have that mission, that you learn to make that space, how to outline your projects even before you sit down to write. The first is that you look for books that deal with topics simila...”
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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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