Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience
Start Anywhere (but Not at the Beginning)
A course by Shaun Levin , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: Start Anywhere (but Not at the Beginning)
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll demonstrate how to start writing and to trust where the story is going. I'll also show you how to be aware of the physical dimensions of your story and the extent of the world you're creating.”
In this video lesson Shaun Levin addresses the topic: Start Anywhere (but Not at the Beginning), which is part of the Domestika online course: Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience . Learn how to write stories that captivate readers by building a narrative with elements of fiction.
Partial transcription of the video
“Start Anywhere (but Not at the Beginning) In this lesson we're going to look at how to start writing. I think sometimes it is more difficult, when we know what story we're going into, to know where to start. My suggestion would be to start writing anywhere. It doesn't actually matter where you start writing because things can change when you rewrite and edit your story, so just start anywhere. Before I start, I want to talk a bit about my headphones. So, for the past almost 25 years, I've been writing a lot, especially when I write at home, using noise reduction headphones. And it really ha...”
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Course summary for: Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience
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Areas
Creative Writing, Creativity, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Shaun Levin
A course by Shaun Levin
Shaun Levin is a writer and creative writing teacher from South Africa who is based in Madrid. He also lived and wrote for many years in Tel Aviv and London. His writing has always been prompted by reading and closely examining the books he loves. He went on to study literature at university and soon started to get his stories published in magazines and anthologies. His passion for books has led him to a parallel career in bookbinding and producing handmade books.
Shaun has over twenty years of experience teaching creative writing in colleges, schools, art galleries, and other settings. He has published several novels and short story collections, including Alone with a Man in a Room, Seven Sweet Things, and Snapshots of The Boy, as well as three guides for writers taking on book-length projects, The Writing Notebooks. Today, Shaun continues to teach creative writing and work on his next novel and collection of short stories.
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