Concept for a Short Story Collection

Concept for a storybook

“ Thank you very much for joining me in this course. I hope you have really enjoyed the journey and that everything you have learned can be applied to your course project and other projects you do in the future, this is just the beginning! Now let's review the key phases of the project. I would like you to briefly explain what you have done in each one and accompany the explanation with one or more images. Theme and conceptual unit Select a topic you are passionate about as a starting point and make a list of memories, search online for quotes and information about the topic you have chosen to make sure it is the best starting point. In my case, the topic I chose was loss. Make decisions about what factors will give unity or variety to the set of stories: remember that you can play with the literary or cinematographic genre, the characteristics of the characters, the temporal and spatial context, and the length or duration of the stories.

Synopsis Explore your point of view, questions or premises around the topic and return to your list of memories and quotes to write the basic idea of 3 to 5 stories that you will turn into a sales synopsis or work synopsis: consider that you can also use previous ideas that meet the factors of unity and variety that you have proposed to reach the goal of 5 synopses in total. Narrative experiments Use an everyday format or text to propose 2 narrative experiments in relation to your topic: I propose a letter, a manual or instructions, or a sales announcement for an invented product. Here you will see as an example the synopsis of one of mine. Order of the stories and title of the collection Choose, depending on the emotional or reflective experience you want to provoke in your recipient, what the order of the stories will be and define a project title to share your final project. The time has come for you to share your final project with the community by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both the final result and the steps that led you to it. I'm looking forward to seeing your project and giving you feedback. Although I ask for your patience, I will try to access the forum as much as I can and as much as my professional projects allow me. Finally, I want to invite you to actively participate in the forum, not only sharing your progress, but also giving advice and trying to help the rest of the community. See you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Thank you very much for taking this journey with me through the exploration of a common theme. to put together a collection of stories that also each have their intention, their difference, what makes each story unique. Thank you also for sharing with me through the tasks and forums of the Domestika community your own creative process and your journey through of your theme and the diversity of your stories. Take your time to carry out your project. During the videolessons you have seen me make seemingly quick decisions, almost instantaneous. However, The truth is that before recording I hav...”

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Course summary for: Concept for a Short Story Collection

• Level: Beginner
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• 13 lessons (2h 50m)
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  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative