Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
How to Pay Attention and Ask Questions?
A course by Andrea Chapela , Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: How to Pay Attention and Ask Questions?
Overview
“You will explore two paths to get ideas. To do that you will have to understand your own curiosity, and you will need to be always aware of what catches your attention. Then, you have to learn how to ask questions. Here is where the big “what if” of speculative fiction comes into the game. ”
In this video lesson Andrea Chapela addresses the topic: How to Pay Attention and Ask Questions?, 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
“How to Pay Attention and Ask Questions? When I was a teenager, maybe 14 or 13 years old, I went to a wedding with my family. There weren't any people my age, so I spent most of the wedding sitting down with my uncles. One of them took pity on me and proposed we played a game. He'd try to find a person that looked interesting and point them out to me. He then would give me a time limit for me to really look at this person. I had to try to memorize everything about them. At the beginning, I didn't understand the game, I tried to figure out why my uncle had chosen them, what was interesting ab...”
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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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