The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
What Is Your Story?
A course by Reneé Bibby , Writer
About the video: What Is Your Story?
Overview
“Let's start by focusing on a single story idea. We are going to figure out the plot and emotional arc of the story, capturing them for clarity and mapping.”
In this video lesson Reneé Bibby addresses the topic: What Is Your Story?, 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
“What Is Your Story? You learned about the value of seven ways to reveal your character. In this lesson, we'll talk about what is your story. All stories start as ideas. Everyone has their unique source of inspiration. At times, it's hearing a turn of phrase, thinking of a character, or going to a landscape that sparks a story. As a speculative fiction writer, I'm interested in how the ordinary and the weird interact. A lot of my stuff starts as a thought experiment. What happens if your hair starts to talk to you? What happens if your only superpower is that you know what door a key will op...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
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Areas
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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