Creative Writing Techniques: Move Your Readers
The creation of the written artifice
A course by Gustavo Rodríguez , Writer
About the video: The creation of the written artifice
Overview
“Here you will learn how descriptions and data hiding work, as well as how to use dialogue to make your story more vivid. ”
In this video lesson Gustavo Rodríguez addresses the topic: The creation of the written artifice, 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
“The creation of the written artifice In this lesson you will learn how descriptions work, data hiding and dialogues to make your story more vivid. To make your story more credible, more real, you have to get the reader to imagine the scenes, imagine the atmosphere. Now, when one looks too many times at a landscape, that landscape no longer captivates us as it did the first time. That's why I recommend you that every time you describe some action, some fact or what surrounds the characters, try not to fall into the obvious. Instead of "When Mario went outside it was a sunny and very hot morn...”
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Course summary for: Creative Writing Techniques: Move Your Readers
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Creative Writing, Narrative, Writing

Gustavo Rodríguez
A course by Gustavo Rodríguez
Gustavo Rodríguez is a writer and the author of novels like La furia de Aquiles, La risa de tu madre, La semana tiene siete mujeres, República de La Papaya, Te escribí mañana, Madrugada, and more. He also writes short stories and books for children and young adults.
Apart from literature, he has written ads and articles and is the editor of an opinion website called Jugo de Caigua. He also wrote and produced Machista con hijas, a podcast for the platform Podimo, and was a collaborator for the magazine Etiqueta negra when it first started.
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