Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper
Who Are You When Writing a Book?
A course by Shaun Levin , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: Who Are You When Writing a Book?
Overview
“We are all made up of a multitude of aspects. In this lesson, you will learn how to make choices about which parts of you to bring to the creation of your book.”
In this video lesson Shaun Levin addresses the topic: Who Are You When 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
“Who Are You When Writing a Book? In this lesson, we'll look at who you are when writing your book and what aspects of yourself you bring to write this specific book. Now that I have a map of my book and my Plan A and I know what company I want of other books and resources when I go into the writing or shaping of my book, I want to start thinking about what aspects of me do I bring to write this project? We are made up of a multitude of aspects and we can't bring every aspect to every project that we do. In life, you don't bring every aspect to every part of your life. As a teacher, when you...”
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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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