Writing a Novel Step by Step
Materials 2
A course by Cristina López Barrio , Author
About the video: Materials 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson, I will explain the importance of the rituals that you can create to help you cross the threshold from the everyday world to the world of creation.”
In this video lesson Cristina López Barrio addresses the topic: Materials 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing a Novel Step by Step. Learn the keys to writing a novel and stimulate your imagination with practical exercises that connect you with your inner world.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials Let's set aside the topic of notebooks for a bit and let's start talking about other rituals that you can practice when it comes to creating that space, to create your little ritual to break away from your everyday life, from the real world that's outside, and start creating a bubble in which you'll live the world of your novel and prepare yourselves for that creative world. When I sit down to write, there are things I love to have and it's like I'm getting in place. I'm somehow reducing the stress or the fast pace of my daily life. To me, for example, tea is a crucial element. I ...”
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Course summary for: Writing a Novel Step by Step
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Creative Writing, Creativity, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Cristina López Barrio
A course by Cristina López Barrio
Cristina López Barrio studied law at the Complutense University of Madrid and worked as a lawyer and intellectual property expert for 13 years. In 2009, after winning the Villa Pozuelo de Alarcón Young Adult Novel Award for her book El hombre que se mareaba con la rotación de la Tierra (Everest 2009) and publishing her novel La casa de los amores imposibles (Plaza&Janés, 2010), she decided to fully devote herself to writing.
Since then, La casa de los amores imposibles has been translated into 15 languages and published in 22 countries including the United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, Israel, and Mexico. Cristina has also published a collection of stories titled El reloj del mundo (Flash from Penguin Random House, 2012) and several other novels including El cielo en un infierno cabe (Plaza&Janés 2013), Tierra de brumas (Plaza&Janés 2015), and Rómpete, corazón (Planeta 2019). In October 2017, she was chosen as a finalist for the Premio Planeta award for her novel Niebla en Tánger.
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