Short Story Writing: Create Fiction from Personal Experience
Yes, It’s All About You
A course by Shaun Levin , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: Yes, It’s All About You
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll talk about autobiographical writing as necessary for anyone who wants to write fiction. I'll also share some thoughts about being vulnerable and compassionate in your work, and not caring too much about what people think. ”
In this video lesson Shaun Levin addresses the topic: Yes, It’s All About You, 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
“Yes, It's All About You In this lesson we'll look at how it's all about you and the importance of autobiographical writing. Even when we're writing fiction, it's important to spend a lot of time exploring autobiographical writing. The more time we spend discovering, learning about the complexity of our own imagination, we are more likely to build characters that have complex and layered internal worlds. It's important to spend at least 10 years writing about yourself. Write fiction as well, but to really explore as much as you can about your own world, your own internal world, to be open an...”
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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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