Original Narrative Writing from Start to Finish

Original Narrative Writing from Start to Finish

“Helo! We have reached the end of this course. Thank you for following me through these classes. It was a pleasure for me to be able to share my experience with you and I hope you feel excited, inspired and able to use the tools shared here in the construction of narratives. Here I will reinforce some points shared throughout the process. • Remember to write down ideas and thoughts: to have a good idea you need to have lots of ideas. • Think through multiple angles and perspectives. Change the context. Creates tension and contrast between characters or situations. Remember that a simple prefix can change everything. • Try to understand the shape of your story. Keep in mind that the elementary structures of a plot or narrative are similar and there are no major variations. It is mainly in the manifestation and appearance that originality emerges. • Write and finish what you write, as Heinlein advised. • Makes your characters want something. If they have this defined motivation, the plot will build naturally: the ending will be automatically glimpsed, as well as the difficulties that these characters will have to overcome. • Be sadistic and cruel. Characters need challenges and difficulties commensurate with what they want. • Reread, alter, correct, reread, cut, add, reread, to the point where you feel there is nothing else you can do. Not because the result is perfect, but because that's the limit of what you can achieve at that point. • Identify segments that can be extended – if you want to extend, of course – through action rather than description. As for your final project, take advantage of the knowledge you gained in this course. You will certainly encounter some difficulties: similarly to the obstacles of your characters, the challenges you will face will be proportional to the quality of the text you want to produce. I'm looking forward to getting to know the project you're going to create from everything you've learned in this course, and I'll be happy to help clarify any doubts you may have. Don't forget to share with me on the forum, but also with your colleagues, the various stages of your project. For my part, I will also leave the sketch of the final project with some notes so that you can understand the choices that were made; as well as the final tale. Thanks again for participating in this course, and remember that I will be here to support, motivate and answer your questions on the forum. See you soon! ”

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“Final project We have reached the end of this course. It was a privilege and a pleasure for me to share my experience and I hope I got him excited in some way. I hope you feel inspired and that this course will serve as a tool to be able to create autonomously from now on. Before saying goodbye, I will summarize a series of points which I consider very important and which it is worth remembering. Remember to write down everything, ideas, thoughts, things you find ridiculous, whatever, everything. Because to have a good idea, you have to have a lot of ideas. And a lot of them are not going t...”

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Course summary for: Original Narrative Writing from Start to Finish

• Level: Beginner
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• 12 lessons (2h 16m)
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  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Creativity, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing