Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience
The Importance of Abandoned Projects
A course by Shaun Levin , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: The Importance of Abandoned Projects
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll talk about not being too precious about your stories, and not putting too much pressure on yourself. Every story you write has a purpose and contributes to creating a body of work.”
In this video lesson Shaun Levin addresses the topic: The Importance of Abandoned Projects, 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
“The Importance of Abandoned Projects In this lesson we'll look at the importance of abandoned projects. Not every story you write is gonna lead somewhere and not every story you write is gonna be completed. You'll find that the more you write, the most stories you're gonna abandon. It's kind of a fine balance. So it's important not to get too precious about stories and it's ok to abandon them but it's also important to push yourself and see what happens if you push yourself and finish the story. It's a bit like dating. Some dates last for a day, some dates last for five minutes, some dates ...”
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Course summary for: Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience
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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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