Writing a Novel Step by Step
Theme, Idea and Plot 3
A course by Cristina López Barrio , Author
About the video: Theme, Idea and Plot 3
Overview
“To conclude this lesson, I am now going to tell you about another plot model that is a model that I am passionate about and that I used to write my novel Tierra de brumas . I will explain everything you need to know about the stories of rise and fall.”
In this video lesson Cristina López Barrio addresses the topic: Theme, Idea and Plot 3, 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
“Theme, Idea, and Plot Now we're going to talk about another plot structure, one I'm most passionate about. That's the plot structure that I used for my novel called "Land of Fog." There's also another book I've included in Additional Resources about universal plotlines. I recommend you read it. It's really interesting. In "Land of Fog," I used the Macbeth archetype. You could say the theme present in "Macbeth" is ambition... ...power... ...greed, so to speak, but mostly power. When it comes to using Macbeth as a character in your plot... ...you'll see you'll get a story about... ...a charac...”
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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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