Original Narrative Writing from Start to Finish
Ideas for my story
A course by Afonso Cruz , Writer
About the video: Ideas for my story
Overview
“In this class, I'll cover ideas and creativity, explain the meaning of divergent thinking and convergent thinking, and demystify the notion that creativity is an innate trait. ”
In this video lesson Afonso Cruz addresses the topic: Ideas for my story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Original Narrative Writing from Start to Finish. Discover the importance of narrative structures and learn to write your own stories from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Ideas for my story In this class, we're going to talk about ideas and how to generate them. said Linus Pauling that the best way to get an idea is to have lots of ideas. And that defines divergent thinking, that is, it is very important, when we want to have an idea, imagine a lot of options and have many options. What will happen is that some are very expected and are probably the easiest ones to work with, precisely because they are expected. If I asked ten people to have ideas about a certain topic, it is very possible that these ten people have overlapping ideas. There is a problem here...”
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Course summary for: Original Narrative Writing from Start to Finish
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Creative Writing, Creativity, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Afonso Cruz
A course by Afonso Cruz
Writer Afonso Cruz has had more than 30 books published, from novels, poetry, and theater to essays and nonfiction. He says that understanding his characters' motivations, conflicts, and desires helps him to understand both himself and the world around him.
His works have been translated into more than 20 languages and his book La Muñeca de Kokoschka won the European Union Prize for Literature. He is also the winner of awards such as the Maria Rosa Colaç Literary Prize, the Portuguese-language literary award Grande Prémio de Conto Camilo Castelo Branco, and the Brazilian children's literature award Prémio da Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil do Brasil.
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