Introduction to Autobiographical Writing
And after writing, what do I do with my work?
A course by César Tejeda , Storyteller, Editor, and Scriptwriter
About the video: And after writing, what do I do with my work?
Overview
“Once you've started writing fit, what are the next steps to pursue your career? ”
In this video lesson César Tejeda addresses the topic: And after writing, what do I do with my work?, 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
“And after writing, what do I do with my work? And after writing, what do I do with my literary work? I'll start by telling you something which can be hopeless or frustrating at first and the truth is that publishing can be very difficult. We writers usually think that, just as writing is a lonely act, success must come by itself, but the truth is that that is strange. In most cases, writers have to try very hard to find readers, to find an audience that is interested in his work. I have become someone that has been related to the literary world jointly, always with a group of people with wh...”
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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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