Creative Writing Techniques: Move Your Readers

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn the two key notions that every story carries inside: the difference between author, narrator and character, and the importance of conflict.”

In this video lesson Gustavo Rodríguez addresses the topic: Story basics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Writing Techniques: Move Your Readers. Discover how to use the fundamentals of a story, along with other writing resources, to weave words together in a way that captivates readers.

Partial transcription of the video

“Story basics In this lesson we will know two key notions that every story carries within: the difference between author, narrator and character and the importance of the conflict. Every writer knows the three dimensions involved in a story: the author, the narrator and the character. The author is easy to distinguish: their name appears on the cover of the book, or their photo, like Vargas Llosa in this volume of "Conversation in the Cathedral." The narrator is not the same as the author. The narrator is the voice we choose to tell us the story, that voice that leads the reader by the hand ...”

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Course summary for: Creative Writing Techniques: Move Your Readers

• Level: Beginner
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• 1553 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 23m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Narrative, Writing