Writing a Novel Step by Step
Imagination 2
A course by Cristina López Barrio , Author
About the video: Imagination 2
Overview
“Now what I propose to do is an exercise to unlock creativity, to try to take away what we have seen: fear, need, usefulness and leave everything behind. I'm going to tell you what works for me, what works for me and what I like to do, is to make a transition between the everyday world and the creative. I suggest you join me and try these exercises.”
In this video lesson Cristina López Barrio addresses the topic: Imagination 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
“Imagination Now, what I suggest you do is start working on an exercise to unlock your creativity, to try and take away what we've seen, the fear, the need, the usefulness, leaving everything behind. I'm going to tell you what works for me. What I like to do is a kind of transition between the mundane world... I'm a pretty nervous person, so I need all that stress and that fast pace present in my day-to-day life to be toned down so that I can focus and enter my creative world. I suggest you try it out and join me. What I do is a short meditation or breathing exercise. It's about stopping. It...”
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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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