Introduction to Creative Writing from Personal Experience

Overview

“To start, I will expose some basic notions about the story as a narrative genre and I will read some of my favorite stories to find inspiration or models.”

In this video lesson Aloma Rodríguez addresses the topic: Introduction to Writing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Creative Writing from Personal Experience. Learn to compose stories from everyday events and write a brief story using personal experience and observation.

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction to writing In this lesson we are going to learn basic notions about the story and I'm also going to show you some of my favorite stories And why do I like them so much? The short story is a very prestigious genre for writers and readers, and maybe a little less for publishers. Ever since stories were written, there have been many theories. There is Hemingway's famous iceberg theory, who said that a story is like an iceberg, We only see the surface but underneath what is not seen is very important too. There was that famous phrase of Chekhov that said that if a gun appeared in a...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Creative Writing from Personal Experience

• Level: Beginner
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• 1263 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 54m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing