Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
You Made Me Feel That I Was There!
A course by Eileen Truax , Journalist and Writer
About the video: You Made Me Feel That I Was There!
Overview
“Three key elements will help you to make people “feel they were there”: A character, an ambiance, and an action. These three elements together create a scene. ”
In this video lesson Eileen Truax addresses the topic: You Made Me Feel That I Was There!, which is part of the Domestika online course: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story. Learn how to write a compelling nonfiction piece that connects with readers by exploring the whys and hows behind every word.
Partial transcription of the video
“You Made Me Feel That I Was There! Well, now you have your character. You have found some person with certain features that you know you want to write about. Now, we need to put your character in action. So, in this lesson, we are going to take your character and we're going to build a scene around them. The written word has an attribute that no other media has. Words can make you feel. Let's say that you are watching a TV story, and you can see what's happening, and you can hear what's happening, but you cannot know how does it feel to be there. And I found that in my writing, the best com...”
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Course summary for: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
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Areas
Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Eileen Truax
A course by Eileen Truax
Eileen Truax is a journalist from Mexico City who has been based in the US for fifteen years. Books and stories had a major impact on her childhood, which soon developed into writing her own stories in the fifth grade. After high school, she was already writing news synthesis, scripts for radio commercials and for public television, articles about culture and business, profiles, and political chronicles. She holds degrees in Social Communication and Communication and Politics.
Today, Eileen writes for media outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vice, Newsweek, El Universal, Gatopardo, 5W, and Americas Quarterly, among others. She has received the José Martí Publishing Award from NAHP; the Media Woman of the Year Award from the California Legislature, and the Desalambre Award for Human Rights Journalism. Eileen has also written four books that focus on migration and politics in the US and has contributed to five other journalistic books.
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