Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper
Some Truths about Writing a Book
A course by Shaun Levin , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: Some Truths about Writing a Book
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll demonstrate how a book can emerge out of a side project, and how to prepare for your writing journey. We’ll look at some of the truths about writing a book, such as the time it takes and the fact that you’ve already started (even if you don’t know it).”
In this video lesson Shaun Levin addresses the topic: Some Truths about Writing a Book, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper. Expand your written ideas into a doable book project using your curiosity, imagination, and worldview.
Partial transcription of the video
“Some Truths about Writing a Book In this lesson, I'll talk about some truths of writing a book. You've already started writing your book and it stretches back into the past. My assumption is that whatever book you want to write, or story you want to tell, you already started thinking about it. Whether you've taken notes, or have been carrying an idea in your head or have been writing in your notebooks, or have been keeping journals, or you've written short stories, whether you've done the first and the second course, and you've started thinking about how to write a book or what you want to ...”
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Course summary for: Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper
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Creativity, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Shaun Levin
A course by Shaun Levin
Shaun Levin is a writer and creative writing teacher from South Africa who is based in Madrid. He also lived and wrote for many years in Tel Aviv and London. His writing has always been prompted by reading and closely examining the books he loves. He went on to study literature at university and soon started to get his stories published in magazines and anthologies. His passion for books has led him to a parallel career in bookbinding and producing handmade books.
Shaun has over twenty years of experience teaching creative writing in colleges, schools, art galleries, and other settings. He has published several novels and short story collections, including Alone with a Man in a Room, Seven Sweet Things, and Snapshots of The Boy, as well as three guides for writers taking on book-length projects, The Writing Notebooks. Today, Shaun continues to teach creative writing and work on his next novel and collection of short stories.
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