The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
How Will You Move through Time?
A course by Reneé Bibby , Writer
About the video: How Will You Move through Time?
Overview
“In this lesson, we’ll talk in more detail about how I choose to frame time with my specific story idea. Then we'll consider how it may also play out for you and your story idea.”
In this video lesson Reneé Bibby addresses the topic: How Will You Move through Time?, 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
“How Will You Move through Time? Now that you know how to use scene, in this lesson, we'll talk about how to move through time. Let's go back to our fairy tale, "Little Red Riding Hood." In general, fairy tales happen linearly, A follows B follows C. That's because the primary purpose of a fairy tale is to talk about the consequences. We see the action and then, the consequences. For example, in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, one of the key parts is that the wolf says to Little Red Riding Hood, "Just look at all the pretty flowers that are growing all around you; and I don't think you're lis...”
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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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