Writing a Detective Novel
The first scene
A course by Charlie Becerra , Crime Fiction Writer
About the video: The first scene
Overview
“It's time to start! Now, I will explain to you how to write the first scene or chapter of your crime novel. Are you ready?”
In this video lesson Charlie Becerra addresses the topic: The first scene, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing a Detective Novel. Discover the elements needed to write mysterious and gripping stories that bring enigmatic characters to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“The first scene In this lesson, the one that for me is my favorite part begins: write the first scene of my crime novel. All the exercises that we have been doing so far they have a purpose and it is the fact that you feel that you have lived with your novel, that you have told yourself the story through all the practices we have done. That in order to make you feel safer or more secure at the time of writing your crime novel. Now I will begin to write what will be the first scene from my new detective novel. I invite you to join me. What I want to achieve even with the first line is to gen...”
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Course summary for: Writing a Detective Novel
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Category
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Areas
Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Charlie Becerra
A course by Charlie Becerra
Charlie Becerra is an author, writer, and creative director from Lima, Peru. As a writer specializing in crime fiction, he has published multiple books with industry giants like Penguin Random House, Planeta, and more. Charlie can't imagine a more rewarding profession than writing and devotes a large portion of his time to researching real-life crimes and criminal cases to help him create realistic detectives and killers for his stories.
His first novel, Solo vine para que ella me mate, earned him an honorable mention at the 2020 Premio Nacional de Literatura de Perú, and the film rights for it were later bought by a major producer in Los Angeles, California.
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