Writing Fictional Stories Based on Real Events
stories and scenarios
A course by Lola Larra , Writer, Journalist, and Editor
About the video: stories and scenarios
Overview
“Once you've chosen your narrator and your main character, it's time to decide who your secondary characters will be and to furnish the world they all inhabit. And it is also time to move into action.”
In this video lesson Lola Larra addresses the topic: stories and scenarios, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing Fictional Stories Based on Real Events. Explore fiction within reality and create your own stories from the news, photos, and real events.
Partial transcription of the video
“Stories and scenarios We already have a main character and secondary characters. We have a look and a voice. For me, that is the essential thing when writing a story. Now we need to furnish that world in which the characters live and that is why in this lesson we will see scenarios and also actions. First, I want to know where Elsy lives, what she does, where she moves. For that, let's go back to the maps, research lesson maps. This is Elsy's neighborhood. I have decided that I live very close to the Los Héroes metro station. In addition, by looking at the map I point out where it moves. Fo...”
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Course summary for: Writing Fictional Stories Based on Real Events
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Category
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Areas
Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Lola Larra
A course by Lola Larra
Lola Larra was born in Santiago, Chile and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. After studying arts at the Andrés Bello Catholic University and then following a rock band across Latin America, she moved to Madrid where she worked for many years as a journalist. She was a writer and correspondent for a series of newspapers and magazines including Rolling Stone, Cinemanía, Colors, Vogue, Página 12, and El País.
14 years later, she returned to Chile, where she published Al sur de la Alameda, an illustrated novel inspired by Chile's 2006 student revolution. It has since been translated into various languages and won several awards. After extensive research, she later published Sprinters, a journalistic novel based on the Colonia Dignidad (Dignity Colony) case. She also currently works at her own publishing house, Ekaré Sur which publishes illustrated stories for children and young adults.
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