Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper
Movement in Your Book
A course by Shaun Levin , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: Movement in Your Book
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll learn about the drama of moving from one physical or emotional state to another, and how that creates a sense of constant movement in the narrative.”
In this video lesson Shaun Levin addresses the topic: Movement in Your 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
“Movement in Your Book In this lesson, we'll look at movement in your book. A book is a space that you create. The question is, what kind of space do you want to create? Keep in mind two things. One, what's the kind of space you want to create that's interesting for you to be in? Where is your curiosity? What interests you? Where can you play? What's the feeling that you want to have when you are writing and you're in this book? The other question is thinking about what is the space that you're inviting people into and what should it look like? It's like a house that you're in. What feeling ...”
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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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