Creative Writing Lab: Experiment with Words
Toolbox
A course by Karen Villeda , Writer and Editor
About the video: Toolbox
Overview
“You will see how to put together your own toolbox with the elements that you like the most from each genre.”
In this video lesson Karen Villeda addresses the topic: Toolbox, 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
“Toolbox In the last unit we reviewed some basic elements of three literary genres: narrative, poetry and essay. In the case of narrative, we briefly review what is a character For poetry, we approach the definition of a metaphor and, for the essay, above all, we resort to analysis. I invite you to continue investigating on your own about other literary elements in these genres so you can start working on your final project. I remind you that you can learn to write. In writing there is both a conscious and an unconscious part. The conscious part is much more related with work and sweat. The ...”
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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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