Original Narrative Writing from Start to Finish
Methods to Unlock Creativity
A course by Afonso Cruz , Writer
About the video: Methods to Unlock Creativity
Overview
“In this class, I'll demonstrate some methods and activities that can help develop an idea or work around potential roadblocks.”
In this video lesson Afonso Cruz addresses the topic: Methods to Unlock Creativity, 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
“In this session. we'll explore techniques to unlock creativity. beginning with one of the most prevalent methods: altering perspective. This approach is widely used and involves shifting how we view things to spark And that was... Finding a common perspective for a particular problem. When you see a photographer for example. they're usually not shooting photos standing. With the camera before their eyes. photographers look for unique angles. Similarly. in literature. we must discover a relatively rare perspective to tell our stories. This approach helps us present familiar narratives in a f...”
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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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