Introduction to Creative Writing from Personal Experience

Overview

“It's time to turn on the computer, open the notebook and start! In this lesson I will tell you the theme that I have chosen for my story and I will show you my notes, my mental structure that I will now transform into text. ”

In this video lesson Aloma Rodríguez addresses the topic: The First Draft, 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

“the first draft Now that we have warmed up, we have chosen our topic, we know how to start a draft, let's get down to it. I will do it with the computer. If you prefer to do it by hand with the notebook, it does not matter. What I do always do is choose the font, that I am quite maniacal, the body of the letter as well, center the text, and I also choose a generous spacing. That afternoon my little daughter and I were alone, the older ones still had vacations. Since we had spent a few days at my parents' house, the fridge in our house was empty, so we went out for groceries to stock the fri...”

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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