Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
What’s the Shape of Your Story?
A course by Andrea Chapela , Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: What’s the Shape of Your Story?
Overview
“The structure of the story, meaning how you give information to the reader, can help you develop a plot, find a story or even explore a world. Knowing some basic structures of stories, you can start organizing the events of your story in a compelling way. ”
In this video lesson Andrea Chapela addresses the topic: What’s the Shape of Your Story?, 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
“What's the Shape of Your Story? In this lesson, we'll talk about structure. It is one of my favorite parts about writing. In the early stages, when I was starting to write, I got obsessed with it because of this, because I liked the books that had very overarching plots, where structure was very needed. Back then, I liked to treat stories as if they were clockwork, things that were very small because I need it to fit together. I don't do that as much nowadays, but I still love when I can do a new structure I haven't tried before. Of course, my love for this aspect of writing is not the only...”
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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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