Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
About Me
A course by Andrea Chapela , Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I will introduce myself. I will tell you who I am and how I started writing and publishing. I will also tell you how I got into writing speculative fiction. Also, I will go over what you´ll see and learn in this course. ”
In this video lesson Andrea Chapela addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. Discover how to develop your ideas and build literary worlds with writing structures and techniques that can transport your readers.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, my name is Andrea Chapela. I'm a Mexican writer of speculative fiction. I've written novels, short stories and essays. To start this course, I'd like to introduce myself and tell you how I started to write and why I have continued to do it. The story of how I got to this point, where I can tell you about writing, starts with reading. I wasn't one of those kids that learned to read and write very young. In fact, I never really liked reading when I was a little child and I'm horrible at spelling in every language I know. I did like stories, though. My mother used to read to my si...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Andrea Chapela
A course by Andrea Chapela
Andrea Chapela is a Mexican science fiction and fantasy writer, and author of the fantasy tetralogy Vâudïz (La heredera, El creador, La cuentista and El cuento). She studied Chemistry at UNAM, and has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Iowa. Andrea has also written the essay collection Grados de miopía, and the short story collections Un año de servicio a la habitación and Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio.
She is the recipient of numerous awards like the National Gilberto Owen Literature Prize for Stories in 2018, the National Juan José Arreola Literature Prize in 2019, and the National Joven José Luis Martínez Essay Prize in 2019. She has been a FONCA scholar twice (2016-2017 for stories and 2019-2020 for novels) and a scholar at the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Currently, she teaches workshops, language classes, and contributes to magazines like Este País, Literal Magazine, Vaso Cósmico, and Tierra Adentro.
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