The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
How Will Your Narrator Sound?
A course by Reneé Bibby , Writer
About the video: How Will Your Narrator Sound?
Overview
“You have a lot of ways to mix and match language for differing results. Let’s explore why you might choose one voice over another for your specific story. I’ll also map out the plan for my story and we will revisit our fairy tale to see what the different choices mean.”
In this video lesson Reneé Bibby addresses the topic: How Will Your Narrator Sound?, 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 Your Narrator Sound? Now that you explored how to move through time, in this lesson we'll talk about how will your narrator sound. All cultures have a traditional way of opening up a folktale. In English, it's "once upon a time." When you hear it, you know you'll read a specific type of story. It will be a morality tale, and because of that, it's meant to be understood by all ages and all educational levels, and because of that, it means that the language is simple. The words are very simple, the sentences are very simple. Let's look at a sentence from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale...”
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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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