Creative Writing Lab: Experiment with Words
Influences
A course by Karen Villeda , Writer and Editor
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now I will share with you some of the influences that are found in my work as a writer and I will tell you why it is important not only in my professional life, but also in my personal life.”
In this video lesson Karen Villeda addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Writing Lab: Experiment with Words. Overcome the fear of writing by learning to combine literary genres such as narratives, poetry, and essays.
Partial transcription of the video
“influences Next, I will tell you a little about my influences. "Pyramidal, baleful, from the earth born shadow". Thus begins one of the poems that I most admire. The author is Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, also known as the Tenth Muse. In this poem I find a deep philosophical reflection, for which it combines feelings and intelligence. Another of my biggest influences is Virginia Woolf. In this book, "A Room of One's Own," she says: "No need to rush or shine, You don't have to be anyone but yourself." In this book, the author explores about the literary problems of women to create, which is ba...”
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Course summary for: Creative Writing Lab: Experiment with Words
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Areas
Creative Writing, Creativity, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Karen Villeda
A course by Karen Villeda
Despite having grown up surrounded by books, Mexican writer Karen Villeda had a lot of difficulty learning to read. Her mother patiently taught her and, before long, she was reading pirate stories by herself, and at just 19, she published her first book. Karen believes that literary genres are interchangeable and can be combined, which is why she considers her writing to be a hybrid.
She has had more than ten books published, and her book Dodo (Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro) won the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven Elías Nandino in 2013 and is part of the Archivo de Literatura Hispánica en Audio. Karen's work has earned her more than fifteen prizes and she has also been writer-in-residence in the University of Iowa. She is currently an editor and gives classes in creative writing.
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