The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
Writing a Story from a Craft Map
A course by Reneé Bibby , Writer
About the video: Writing a Story from a Craft Map
Overview
“A clear craft map means you’re now ready to set sail. How do you launch? In this lesson, I’ll share some ways that I use craft maps to get started and stay on course with a story.”
In this video lesson Reneé Bibby addresses the topic: Writing a Story from a Craft Map, 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 how to reveal character, in this lesson we'll talk about how to write a story from a craft map. Throughout this course, we've been talking about craft choices. The important thing is to actually write these down. So I've created a visual way to capture these ideas. Each page is a place to capture the specific craft decision. And the first page, the craft map for your story, the story idea is going to be something that you capture in just a few sentences. then you're going to make your decisions about seeing. Are you going to have a lot of specific and rich details in your ...”
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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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