The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
The Way You Speak (And Write)
A course by Reneé Bibby , Writer
About the video: The Way You Speak (And Write)
Overview
“We will cover the use of voice in storytelling, practice modulating voice to play with narrative tension, and how you can choose the right voice for your story. If voice is the way we speak, how does that translate to the written word? In this section, we’ll dig in to find how voice lives in word-choice and grammar.”
In this video lesson Reneé Bibby addresses the topic: The Way You Speak (And Write), which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques. Explore fundamental writing structures to create a compelling narrative roadmap through storytelling devices and character development.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that you know a little bit more about the movement in time, in this lesson, we're going to talk about voice or how you write and speak. Voice is a fairly broad term. When students ask me, when will I find my voice? They're generally asking, when will I be writing in a way that connects with the reader? For our purposes in this lesson, voice is how is something written? is something you consciously choose, not something that you find. Voice is a function of two key things, word choice and grammar. Let's start with word choice. Are you going to choose the more conversational words? or you...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Reneé Bibby
A course by Reneé Bibby
Reneé Bibby is an American speculative fiction writer and director of the Writers Studio Tucson, where she teaches beginner and advanced creative writing workshops. Her writing is often grounded in the uniqueness of the climate and culture of the Western United States. She explores concepts like grief, loneliness, heartache but also human connection, nature and comedy.
Reneé’s work has appeared in PRISM International, Luna Station Quarterly, Third Point Press, The Worcester Review, and Wildness. Her stories have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and Best Small Fictions. Reneé is also involved in the writing community as the coordinator of Rejection Competition and Tucson-based weekly writing meetup Write Wednesday.
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