Writing Fictional Stories Based on Real Events
Correct, correct and correct again
A course by Lola Larra , Writer, Journalist, and Editor
About the video: Correct, correct and correct again
Overview
“When you finish a text, be it a story, or a novel or whatever, you must correct it before trying to publish it. I will show you how to carry out the process of proofreading a text.”
In this video lesson Lola Larra addresses the topic: Correct, correct and correct again, 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
“Correct, correct and correct again In this lesson I will teach you how to proofread your project. When you have the story ready, print it out and read it over and over again out loud, as I advised you before. Correct, cross out, replace words go back to correct, reread it and rewrite it again. When you think it's ready, it probably isn't yet. but, if you have already corrected many times, I advise you to now pass it on to someone you trust, someone who is a good reader and whose opinions matter to you. With the opinions and observations that they give you rewrite it again. It is a laborious...”
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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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