From Personal Diary to Non-Fiction Short Story
Edit Your Own Text
A course by Daniel Saldaña París , Writer and Editor
About the video: Edit Your Own Text
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain how to work your own text to make it look its best before looking for publishing options. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Saldaña París addresses the topic: Edit Your Own Text, which is part of the Domestika online course: From Personal Diary to Non-Fiction Short Story. Learn to write a text based on your own experiences and turn it into a story that articulates ideas, experiences, reflection, and observation.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. i will delve into various strategies and resources for editing your own text effectively. Additionally. i will emphasize the crucial role of allowing your edited work to rest before finalizing it. before starting this process. Crafting a non-fiction narrative rooted in personal experiences. autobiographical elements. and lived involves a unique blend of storytelling and factual recounting. it's challenging to create some distance between ourselves and the text. We often feel deeply connected because it evokes memories of everything we have experienced and learned. lived duri...”
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Course summary for: From Personal Diary to Non-Fiction Short Story
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Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Daniel Saldaña París
A course by Daniel Saldaña París
Narrator, essay writer, poet, and translator Daniel Saldaña París has published poem collections such as Esa pura materia and La máquina autobiográfica, as well as novels like En medio de extrañas víctimas and El nervio principal.
He has also collaborated with media outlets such as The Guardian, El País, Gatopardo, El Malpensante, Letras Libres, and more. His style earned him the 2020 Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award and he was included in the Bogotá39 list of best writers in Latin America under the age of 40.
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