Writing Exercises: From the Blank Page to Everyday Practice
Exercises to generate ideas
A course by Aniko Villalba, Author of Interactive Journals
About the video: Exercises to generate ideas
Overview
“In this lesson I will give you some exercises to start generating writing ideas and to discover all the material that you already have available in your daily life.”
In this video lesson Aniko Villalba addresses the topic: Exercises to generate ideas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing Exercises: From the Blank Page to Everyday Practice. Engage in creative writing exercises that document and generate ideas, and transform it into a regular practice.
Partial transcription of the video
“As we have seen. the writing process doesn't start when we sit down to write the first draft. but before. When we dig into our life and imagination in search of ideas and material. The exercises I'm going to give you will help you recognize the material you already have available and seek new ideas aligned with your interests and personal motivations. To make it easier to complete your notebook. i suggest giving each page or double page a title. depending on how much space you want to dedicate to each exercise. Since you can always go back and continue completing the exercises. For this exe...”
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Course summary for: Writing Exercises: From the Blank Page to Everyday Practice
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Creative Writing, Creativity, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing

Aniko Villalba
A course by Aniko Villalba
Aniko Villalba is a writer and the author of books such as Días de viaje (2013) and El síndrome de París (2016), as well as interactive diaries like Mapa subjetivo de viaje (2017) and Diario de viajes mágicos (FERA, 2020). She spent ten years traveling through more than 50 countries, photographing what she saw and writing about her experiences in magazines, newspapers, websites, and her blog viajandoporahi.com. She also spoke at events and conferences, published her first two travel narrative books, and started interactive travel diaries with prompts, triggers, and questions for readers to complete.
After her nomadic life, she settled in Amsterdam to dedicate herself completely to her project escribir.me, a website dedicated to promoting writing and creativity, where she has been teaching writing, journaling, and creativity workshops since 2015. She also has a podcast titled Mientras no escribo where she gives listeners an insider's look at the creative writing process.
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