Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
Plot, Sub-Plot and the Double Timeline
A course by Courtney Maum , Author and Book Coach
About the video: Plot, Sub-Plot and the Double Timeline
Overview
“We will now focus on the plot and sub-plot, two elements every good book should have, and on how to identify them.”
In this video lesson Courtney Maum addresses the topic: Plot, Sub-Plot and the Double Timeline, which is part of the Domestika online course: Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience. Learn how to write a compelling personal narrative by exploring different literary devices and story structures.
Partial transcription of the video
“Plot, Sub-Plot and the Double Timeline In the last lesson, we looked at what voice is and how you can find your own unique voice. In this lesson, we're going to be looking at plot, subplot, and the double timeline. In most stories, especially those that are fun and interesting to read, there's two levels of plot. There's the main plot and the sub plot. When it comes to writing non-fiction, however, I find it more useful and, frankly, just inspiring to think in terms of what is universal about your story and what is particular. What that means is the universal timeline will speak to large ov...”
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Course summary for: Memoir Writing: Write a Personal Story for a Universal Audience
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Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Writing
Courtney Maum
A course by Courtney Maum
American author and book coach Courtney Maum has used stories to make sense of the world since she was a child. She studied comparative literature and French translation at university before going on to work in advertising agencies as a copywriter and corporate namer. She has used her love of storytelling to create compelling backstories for everything from nail polish to electric cars.
Courtney is fascinated with the creative process and has written and published several books with some of the biggest publishing houses and editors in America, including Penguin Random House and The New York Times. She also founded a collaborative retreat for creative professionals and has a regular newsletter, Get Published, Stay Published, in which she shares her tips for staying motivated during the writing process.
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