Creation of Fictional Stories with Real Characters
The Genre of the Tale
A course by Penélope Córdova , Author
About the video: The Genre of the Tale
Overview
“But what is actually a story? We will talk about what is meant by "story", what is its difference from the novel, and what is its indispensable element, the one that will serve to identify it and set the plot in motion.”
In this video lesson Penélope Córdova addresses the topic: The Genre of the Tale, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation of Fictional Stories with Real Characters. Turn a real character into the protagonist of an exciting fictional story by exploring their conflicts, motivations, and goals.
Partial transcription of the video
“The genre tale Now that you know me, we will begin Unit 2. Here I will show you some of the differences between the genres of novel and short story. We will talk about three types of stories that can help you build your story and we will also see some narrative elements to help you build the skeleton of what in the future will become your story. But what is actually a story? In this lesson we will see what the difference is between a story and other genres and we will also talk about the specific element that will help you put that tale or story in motion and start it up. There are many way...”
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Course summary for: Creation of Fictional Stories with Real Characters
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Penélope Córdova
A course by Penélope Córdova
Penélope Córdova is a Mexican narrator and essayist who creates all her texts, whether fiction or essays, by building on one or various characters rather than a fact or an anecdote. In her experience, the characters themselves make a story relatable or not.
In 2015, she won the Amparo Dávila Fine Arts Story Prize for her book Panteón Familiar (Family Pantheon). She is also the author of the book of essays Locus, variaciones sobre ciudades, cartografía y la torre de Babel and her work has been published in story as well as essay anthologies such as Arbitraria, muestrario de poesía y ensayo, Nuevas instrucciones para vivir en México, and Formas de escribir y ser/no ser madre. Additionally, she is cofounder of the creative companionship agency Somos Texto.
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